Additive Manufacturing Process Development Engineer (KTP)

Main accountabilities

• Plan own day-to-day activity to deliver the project objectives.
• Transfer knowledge in metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) melt-strategy development, and microstructure-mechanical characterisation to the company.
• Maintain an up-to-date project plan and provide a progress report for presentation at regular Local Management Committee (LMC) meetings.
• Forecast and monitor project finances.

Key duties and responsibilities

• The post holder, working with colleagues from Wayland Additive Ltd (Wayland) and Brunel University of London, will design, run and analyze structured melt-strategy experiments on the Calibur3 – a newly designed, developed and built AM machine at Wayland – for target alloys (e.g. CM247, Super Duplex, Ti-6Al-4V, WC), linking process parameters to microstructure and mechanical performance.
• The role will act as a liaison between the University and Wayland Additive Ltd enabling and ensuring knowledge is passed between the two organizations and embedded in Wayland Additive Ltd for future development.
• The output of this project is to deliver validated melt strategies and sector-relevant demonstrators that meet agreed performance targets and to embed the know-how, tools and documentation within Wayland’s R&D/applications teams.

The post holder will also gain and apply expertise in electron-beam PBF process physics (NeuBeam), defect formation / mitigation, residual stress / anisotropy control, and standards-aligned qualification across both laboratory (Brunel) and industrial (Huddersfield) settings.

The role will also require:

• Presenting at conferences and interaction with peers.
• Liaising and interacting with customers to identify requirements.
• Production of relevant technical papers and presentations

This KTP aims to develop validated melt strategies and sector-relevant demonstrator components for specialized alloys processed on Wayland’s Calibur3 AM system. The Associate will embed new scientific and engineering capability within Wayland to strengthen in-house AM process development, enabling knowledge transfer in AM process physics, microstructure–property optimization, and qualification methods.