3D Printing Specialist
Role Overview
The Production department seeks a hands-on 3D Printing Specialist to run additive manufacturing from design file to finished part.
The role operates and maintains printers, prepares and optimizes files, and ensures parts meet quality and dimensional requirements.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role summary
The Production department seeks a hands-on 3D Printing Specialist to run additive manufacturing from design file to finished part.
The role operates and maintains printers, prepares and optimizes files, and ensures parts meet quality and dimensional requirements.
Production responsibilities
- Operate, calibrate, and maintain FDM, SLA/DLP, SLS, or other 3D printers as applicable.
- Prepare models through file repair, orientation, support generation, slicing, and parameter tuning; select materials and processes for part requirements.
- Review CAD models and recommend printability changes; monitor prints, troubleshoot failures, and reduce waste.
- Post-process parts through support removal, sanding, curing, vapor smoothing, painting, and assembly.
- Inspect dimensional accuracy and quality with calipers, gauges, or scanners; perform preventive maintenance and keep machine and material records.
- Manage filament, resin, and powder inventory; coordinate with suppliers; support prototypes, tooling, fixtures, and end-use production.
- Follow workshop safety procedures for resins and powders, and evaluate new printers, materials, and technologies for improvement.
Required qualifications
- Two to four years of hands-on 3D printing or additive manufacturing experience.
- Hands-on printer operation, setup, and maintenance; experience with slicing software and CAD software for editing and repairing models.
- Experience with mesh editing tools and good knowledge of materials and their mechanical and thermal properties.
- Understanding of tolerances, GD&T basics, and dimensional inspection; strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Education and preferred experience
- A bachelor's degree or diploma in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, Industrial, Materials Engineering, or a related field is preferred; equivalent practical experience is considered.
- Preferred experience includes industrial printers, 3D scanning and reverse engineering, DfAM and topology optimization, CNC or injection molding, firmware, and production industry settings.
Work location
- Work is in person in Dubai.
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