--- title: 'R&D Process Development Engineer at Rangeview Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/r-d-process-development-engineer-rangeview-inc-el-segundo-california-y8namvnjmwe8' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-25' --- # R&D Process Development Engineer at Rangeview Inc. - **Company:** Rangeview Inc. - **Location:** El Segundo California, United States - **Posted:** 2026-09-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-25 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rangeviewinc/jobs/4420488009 ## Job description Process Development Engineer (R&D) Compensation: $108,000–$154,000 annually Equity: Included Location: El Segundo, CA Work Policy: Onsite Level: L1–L2 and L3 Hiring Count: 2 — one L1–L2 and one L3 Core KPIs: Process repeatability, yield, capability, cycle time, commercial practicality, and successful transfer to Production. ## Who we are Rangeview is on a mission to build the foundry system that reindustrializes America. We exist to break the legacy manufacturing trap by reinventing critical production for the twenty-first century. Through advanced software, deep automation, breakthroughs in materials science, and modern financing strategies, Rangeview rewrites both the cost curve and the power structure of making metal parts. What’s in it for you You will work within Rangeview’s R&D team as new technologies move from successful technical demonstrations toward manufacturing readiness. You will influence technologies while they are still evolving, own the maturation of assigned manufacturing processes, and help transfer those processes into the broader production environment. ## What you’ll do As a Process Development Engineer, you will turn promising technologies into robust, repeatable, and transferable manufacturing processes. Working closely with the team’s technical leader, R&D specialists, equipment engineers, and the Production organization, you will help establish how processes behave, identify and control sources of variation, develop operating windows and process controls, and build the evidence required to demonstrate manufacturing readiness. This is an R&D process development role, not a sustaining production engineering role. - Own the manufacturing and process development maturity of assigned R&D processes from early technical demonstration through successful transfer to production. - Partner with the technical leader to develop process development plans, identify manufacturing risks and knowledge gaps, and establish clear readiness criteria. - Work with the team to design effective experiments, including experimental structure, sampling plans, measurement methods, and statistical analysis. - Analyze experimental and process data to understand sources of variation, determine meaningful relationships between process inputs and outputs, and translate results into actionable engineering decisions. - Establish process operating windows, critical process parameters, acceptance criteria, measurement methods, control plans, and appropriate response strategies. - Qualify the inspection and measurement methods used to judge conformance, including measurement system capability for features that cannot be measured directly. - Develop the manufacturing evidence required to demonstrate repeatability, yield, cycle time, capability, and commercial practicality. - Conduct process risk assessments, FMEAs, and drive mitigation of significant manufacturing risks. - Translate technical knowledge into robust process documentation, including specifications, work instructions, SOPs, process controls, troubleshooting guidance, and training materials. - Work closely with equipment engineers to define process requirements for equipment, instrumentation, automation, and controls while equipment engineers retain ownership of equipment design and implementation. - Separate process, equipment, and measurement variation before attributing a result to the process, and work with the mechatronics engineer to close the equipment and measurement contributions. - Work alongside R&D specialists during hands-on experimentation, troubleshooting, characterization, and process development. - Support the transition of new processes into production, including process validation, operator training, initial production runs, and resolution of development related gaps. - Ensure receiving production teams can execute the process independently and achieve agreed quality, repeatability, throughput, and cost expectations. - Use lessons from manufacturing development and production transfer to improve subsequent technology development efforts. ## What you’ll need - Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. - 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, process development, applied R&D, or a related technical field. - Demonstrated experience developing, characterizing, or improving physical manufacturing processes. - Strong applied statistical skills, including experimental design, data analysis, process variation, measurement system analysis, and statistical process control. - Experience translating experimental results into engineering specifications, operating limits, process controls, or manufacturing procedures. - Strong hands-on engineering judgment and ability to troubleshoot complex interactions among materials, equipment, process parameters, and measured outcomes. - Ability to structure ambiguous technical problems, identify the evidence required to resolve them, and drive work toward practical decisions. - Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to document technical work clearly enough for others to reproduce it. ## Preferred qualifications - Experience taking a new technology or manufacturing process from laboratory or prototype development through pilot production or production introduction. - Experience with DOE, ANOVA, regression, measurement-system analysis, capability analysis, Cp/Cpk, control charts, and other applied statistical methods. - Experience developing process FMEAs, control plans, SOPs, qualification plans, or manufacturing-readiness documentation. - Experience establishing yield, scrap, cycle time, throughput, and cost baselines for new processes. - Experience with advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, ceramics, photopolymer processing, investment casting, metals processing, or related technologies. - Experience working in an R&D or startup environment where equipment, process definitions, and technical requirements are changing rapidly. - Familiarity with manufacturing readiness or technology readiness frameworks and the transition from prototype capability to repeatable production. Additional requirements - Must be able to work onsite in El Segundo, CA. - Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed. ## Compensation Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline. Salaries are based on demonstrated candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. - L1–L2 and L3: $108,000–$154,000 annually, depending on level and qualifications, plus equity. ## Benefits Rangeview offers a competitive benefits package, including equity, unlimited PTO, medical, dental, and vision insurance. Compliance Rangeview is a DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant business. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Rangeview is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rangeview is governed on the basis of merit and aptitude and will not be influenced in any manner by any legally protected status. ## About Rangeview Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Rangeview is rethinking precision investment casting by building a digital, robotic "cyberfoundry" to produce high-quality metal parts faster and cheaper for defense, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States (with additional offices in El Segundo, CA and Lakewood, CO) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Cameron Schiller (CEO) and Aeden Gasser-Brennan (CTO) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing; advanced precision casting for aerospace, defense components, and industrial applications. - Target customers: B2B / B2G – primarily defense primes, aerospace OEMs, and manufacturers needing complex cast superalloy parts. - Mission / purpose: Restore America’s industrial foundation by reinventing the technology stack of precision casting using robotics, data processing, and additive manufacturing. ## Products & Services - **Digital Casting Technology (Cyberfoundry)**: A proprietary end-to‑end manufacturing system that combines additive manufacturing of ceramic molds, automated casting, and data-driven quality control. Claimed benefits include higher yield, lower tooling costs, and dramatically reduced lead times compared to traditional investment casting. - **Materials & Capabilities**: Handles nickel, cobalt, and other superalloys (e.g., MAR‑M‑247, IN713LC, IN718); vacuum and air melt casting; surface finishes down to less than 10 µin Ra after superfinishing; supports DFM, NDT, heat treatment, HIP, machining, metallurgical analysis, and mechanical testing. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available. - **Key Metric**: Total disclosed funding ≈ $200K Seed round (CB Insights); also secured a $1.43M U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II award in 2025 (SBIR.gov). - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Berkeley SkyDeck (lead), TenOneTen Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, Shield Capital, and others. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 63.6% year-over-year to ~15 employees (LinkedIn); website traffic up 190% yearly; awarded a significant SBIR contract in 2025; currently hiring for senior engineering and automation roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **Differentiated Process**: Replace the multi‑step traditional investment casting with a digital, ceramic‑mold additive process – fewer steps, less tooling cost, faster turnaround. - **Material Expertise**: Deep capability with nickel‑ and cobalt‑based superalloys critical for turbine components; supports high‑precision standards (AMS 2175 Grade A). - **Self‑Reinforcing Moat**: Combining proprietary equipment, software, and materials in a single “cyberfoundry” creates a hard-to-replicate system where machine, material, and data are continuously improved together. ## Strategic Focus - **Priorities**: Scale up production capacity for defense and aerospace customers; further reduce porosity and material waste; automate more steps in the foundry; expand team talent in casting engineering, equipment automation, and government program management. - **Direction**: Deepen partnerships with DoD primes and leverage SBIR wins to move from prototyping to low‑rate initial production. ## Why Work Here - **Impact & Challenge**: Opportunity to redefine a century‑old manufacturing process – ideal for engineers who want to build machines and software that directly shape next‑gen defense components. - **Culture**: Small, tight‑knit team (15–25 people reported); founded by UC Berkeley alumni; early‑stage energy with hands‑on work from concept to production. - **Work Policy**: On‑site / in‑office in Los Angeles (El Segundo) and Colorado offices – not remote. - **Tech Stack**: Uses PostgreSQL, Greenhouse (ATS), NetSuite, Oracle, Java, TypeScript, GraphQL, React, Git – a modern engineering environment. - **Benefits & Perks**: Not extensively documented, but the Built In profile indicates employees report strong growth opportunities and a sense of mission. ## Sources 1. [rangeview.com](https://rangeview.com) 2. [linkedin.com/company/rangeview](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rangeview) 3. [cbinsights.com/company/rangeview](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/rangeview) 4. [builtin.com/company/rangeview](https://builtin.com/company/rangeview) 5. 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