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VP, INTEGRATED MATERIALS AND PROCESS TEC

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VICE PRESIDENT, INTEGRATED MATERIALS AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES

\$233,645

• \$350,450/YR VulcanForms
• developer of industrial-scale laser metal additive manufacturing solutions.

We deliver end-to-end production by combining scalable additive manufacturing, precision machining, and advanced digital infrastructure across aerospace, defense, medical, consumer, and other essential industries. About the

Role:

VulcanForms is seeking a Vice President of Integrated Materials and Process Technologies to lead the development and industrialization of the materials and process technologies at the core of its metal additive manufacturing platform. This executive will own the technical roadmap spanning materials, printing processes, post-processing, and the integration of these technologies across gantry-based and galvo-based additive manufacturing systems. The successful candidate will be a systems-oriented technical leader capable of operating from first principles while translating advanced research and development into safe, repeatable, scalable production. The VP will lead and develop a multidisciplinary organization, partner closely with engineering and manufacturing teams, and ensure that VulcanForms continues to advance its core technology while delivering production-ready solutions for customers across aerospace and defense, medical, consumer, and other high-performance industries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the multi-year technical roadmap for advanced materials and integrated process development across VulcanForms? additive manufacturing platforms
• Own delivery against critical materials and process technology milestones while balancing development velocity with safety, regulatory compliance, cost, quality, and manufacturability
• Lead the transition of new materials and processes from early-stage development through validation, qualification, and repeatable serial production
• Establish technical reviews, validation gates, documentation standards, process controls, and engineering practices required to scale new technologies into production
• Lead VulcanForms? core materials and process technology organization
• Build leadership depth across managers, engineers, scientists, and senior technical contributors
• Develop organizational capabilities that support multiple product lines and industry-specific applications with varied technical, regulatory, and production requirements
• Partner closely with manufacturing, hardware, software, supply chain, quality, application engineering, and commercial teams
• Ensure technology development supports production schedules, customer commitments, and long-term business objectives
• Drive the technical roadmap for next-generation additive manufacturing applications, printing processes, materials, and post-processing technologies
• Support near-term series production while advancing long-term technology platforms
• Serve as a key technical leader in defining requirements and specifications for new metal additive manufacturing systems and associated equipment
• Guide system development from powder handling through part finishing
• Build scalable engineering and quality frameworks that enable rapid development without compromising technical rigor, process safety, or production reliability
• Reinforce a culture of ownership, urgency, humility, craftsmanship, and first-principles engineering through technical reviews, decision-making, and day-to-day leadership
• Establish effective technical decision-making processes and ensure alignment across multidisciplinary teams
• Connect materials and process technology development to customer requirements, production performance, and commercial outcomes

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience developing and deploying innovative manufacturing processes into production
• Significant experience with metal laser powder bed fusion and/or other advanced Active Filters

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