Additive Manufacturing Scientist

What You Will Do

Sigma Division focuses on manufacturing science emphasizing metallurgical processes and research in support of the experimental testing program at Los Alamos. Sigma division supports a broad customer base, both internal and external to LANL, with high quality prototype and research and development capabilities. The work covers all materials from hydrogen to uranium on the periodic table. The Additive Manufacturing (AM) team encompasses many types of metal and ceramic AM, including laser powder bed fusion, electron beam additive manufacturing, cold spray, and associated processing.

The team also supports computational efforts, both internal to the team and in collaboration with other LANL experts, to investigate compensation, residual stresses, material composition, and microstructure development. The AM team works with the other teams in Sigma and beyond to solve manufacturing challenges, develop prototypes, provide metallurgical guidance, and lead the way in cutting edge additive manufacturing processes.

If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing and have the technical expertise to make a real impact, we encourage you to apply. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, innovative team and contribute to the development of cutting‑edge manufacturing solutions.

Understand metal additive manufacturing technologies, including powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition, wire arc additive, and electron beam additive manufacturing.

• Conduct research and development into novel metal additive manufacturing processes and materials and have experience with metal additive manufacturing hardware, including powder bed fusion or directed energy deposition processes.
• Design and execute experiments to validate new additive manufacturing approaches.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with scientists, engineers, technicians, and business stakeholders.
• Author technical reports, peer reviewed publications, and present findings to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Write proposals for both internal and external R&D funding opportunities.
• Work on metal additive manufacturing hardware, including powder bed fusion or directed energy deposition processes.
• Have demonstrated excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Have demonstrated computer‑aided design (CAD) software experience.
• Have experience developing new technical capabilities and create opportunities to extend R&D applications through the expansion of existing capabilities within the team.
• Assure safety and security compliance, maintain required safety and security training, and make safety and security an integral part of every task, including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security.
• Foster a mutually respectful and inclusive work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.

Positions requires a Bachelor degree in a STEM field from an accredited college and university and 4 years of related experience, typically with post‑doctoral research experience at a university or national lab or equivalent experience directly related to the occupation.

• Advanced skills in computational modeling and simulation, including the ability to develop and validate physics‑based models.
• Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to extract insights from large, complex datasets.
• Proficiency in data analysis and the application of advanced statistical and machine learning techniques and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Experience with non‑destructive testing or characterization of metal microstructures.
• Experience with in‑situ diagnostics.

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

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