AM Technician

at  Additive Industries BV

Additive Industries is accelerating industrial additive manufacturing by offering a modular 3D printing system and seamlessly integrated information platform to high-end and demanding industrial markets. With substantially improved reproducibility, productivity, and flexibility, Additive Industries redefines the business case for additive manufacturing applications in aerospace, automotive, medical technology and high-tech equipment.
Function Description
Additive Industries is looking for an Additive Manufacturing Technician to join the Additive Industries process and material development team in Eindhoven, NL. In this multidisciplinary team, you, together with the Sr. AM Technician, support the development programs running to enable continuous process improvement, new material development and customer applications projects by operating and maintaining the MetalFAB systems located in the Additive Industries Eindhoven.
Additive Industries successfully launched their industrial metal Additive Manufacturing system, the MetalFAB. To support our customers, we develop the process parameters for various materials, new applications, and provide solutions for simulation and process monitoring of the AM process.
You will gain a fundamental understanding of the operation of the MetalFAB, being hands-on with the system, along with carrying out regular maintenance and calibration tasks to ensure the system continuously produces high-quality components and test samples. You will communicate regularly with the customer lifecycle support (CLS) team to troubleshoot and execute critical tasks, and work closely day to day with the process and application engineers in HQ.
Further to this, you will also support the development activities being carried out by both performing in-house post-processing (powder removal, support removal & sandblasting), as well as liaising with sub-contract companies to arrange specific heat treatments, component machining and other post-process operations whilst also maintaining and managing internal stock controls.

The ingredients for a successful performance are in sum:

• Operating the 3D metal printer to produce high quality samples and products
• Performing AM post-processing (powder&support removal, sandbasting)
• Performing system maintenance and calibration
• Liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors
• Managing internal stock control and consumables
• Documenting all production, test and maintenance activities

Reporting
The Additive Manufacturing Technician reports to the Manager Process and Material Development

Knowledge and experience/skills

• Education:
• MBO level-4 within mechanical engineering or machining techniquesExperience/skills:
• 0-3 years work experience, preferably in 3D metal printing
• Existing experience with hands-on role in a manufacturing environment
• Pragmatic and hands-on mentality
• Willingness to grow and learn
• Analytically strong and systematic problem-solving mentality
• Hands on experience with additive manufacturing processes is a plus
• Fluent in English

Culture Additive Industries

Additive Industries is a quickly maturing professional organization. We have developed a strong pragmatic team mentality in which we work and experiment together to achieve common goals. We are looking for a wide diversity of people from different backgrounds to join our company. We have formulated the following personal traits contributing to our professional mentality:

• Open, self-confident and result oriented
• Driven by technical challenges, eager to learn and entrepreneurial
• Proven team player who takes ownership
• Professional and structured

Please refer the Job description for details