# Additive Manufacturing Manager > Raydar · Baltimore, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-29 **Salary:** USD 175,000–225,000 **Workplace:** hybrid ## Description About the company Our client is an industrial hardware company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead a metal additive manufacturing function, from establishing an in-house production lab through to print execution, post-build processing and inspection. The role serves as the technical authority on printability and oversees an outside production partner against agreed standards. What you'll do \- Establish and run an in-house metal powder bed lab, covering equipment purchase, machine commissioning, operating procedures and supervision of a lab technician. \- Serve as the design-for-additive expert alongside engineers, making large, thin-walled, internal-channel components printable and catching problems early. \- Own the technical relationship with an overseas manufacturing partner, challenging their assumptions, approving process parameters and build files, and rejecting work that misses specification. \- Oversee post-build processing and quality control, from powder and support removal through heat treatment and inspection, and drive nonconformances to root cause. \- Reduce print time, cost and yield loss across production. \- Travel to overseas factories once or twice a year and help shape a future production facility. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- At least five years of applied metal powder-bed printing experience. \- Record of enforcing quality expectations on contract production vendors. \- Operating know-how on high-capacity, multi-beam printers with build volumes of 400 mm or more. \- Familiarity with downstream steps such as thermal stabilization, powder extraction from internal passages, X-ray tomography inspection, pressure and leak checks, and corrective-action reporting. \- Skill in modifying part geometry so it builds more reliably, lighter, faster or more economically. \- An undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline focused on mechanics, materials or production, or a closely related field. \- Able to be on-site two to three days weekly, living within commuting distance of the region or willing to relocate. \- Flexibility to take calls outside standard hours and to travel abroad one or two times annually. Bonus points \- Exposure to hard-technology startups or to demanding metal production in sectors such as energy, aerospace, defense, computing or transportation. \- Experience managing technicians, or progressing from technician to manager. \- Track record of bringing several 3D printers into service or building out a compact additive workspace. \- Experience commissioning a metal additive cell or workshop, including equipment installation, powder handling, inert gas and safety. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Salary: $175K - $225K \- Equity Location and work model \- Baltimore, Maryland, United States \- Washington, District of Columbia, United States \- Arlington, Virginia, United States \- Hybrid, two to three days a week in the office \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/7613F169F6/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)