Aerospace Application Engineer

MAPAL Dr. Kress SE & Co. KG; Port Huron (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market competitive salary

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

MAPAL Dr. Kress SE & Co. KG seeks a sales-oriented toolings specialist to drive regional growth and partner with customers to develop new applications within MAPAL's product line.

Responsibilities include coordinating with customer plants and MAPAL teams to troubleshoot, optimize performance, and document training material for library development. Travel up to 50% is required; candidate should be near Wichita, KS.

Qualifications

• Education or training equivalent to a technical degree.
• Experience applying metal cutting tooling knowledge in a sales or application role.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills for customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements sales plans to grow sales within a specified region.
• Partners with customers to generate new applications and demonstrate value-added solutions.
• Coordinates with customer plants and MAPAL to troubleshoot challenges and optimize processes.
• Acts as liaison among engineering, manufacturing, service and design to address changes and improve performance.
• Trains customers on tool implementation and usage; documents processes for library training.
• Resolves tool-issue findings and reports recommendations for changes.
• Supports testing, documentation and coordination with MAPAL teams including Finance.
• Suggests speeds/feeds and improves manufacturability; provides technical documentation.
• Maintains ongoing contact with MAPAL and customers for technical needs.

Skills

Sales planning

Customer collaboration

Technical training

Travel up to 50%

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Technical degree or equivalent

Tools

CAD Drafting

CAM Programming

2D/3D CAD

Job description

• Develops and implements sales plan to develop sales growth to an annual budget within a specific sales region
• Partners with the customer to generate new applications within the MAPAL product line presenting and demonstrating value added solutions
• Coordinates and interacts with the customer plant and MAPAL to troubleshoot customer challenges; organize and plan how to optimize; expert in documenting process to build library and training
• Liaison between the engineer on customer site, customer service, manufacturing and engineering to address changes to optimize performance
• Instructs and trains customers on the implementation of cutting tools supplied
• Resolves cutting tool issues on the customer's floor and reports findings, recommends changes as required
• Accountable and responsible for all assigned product line testing, reporting, and closing out of test tool process including documentation; coordination with MAPAL teams including Finance
• Recommend speeds and feeds for cycle times and tool life, manufacturability
• Technical support for the internal and external teams (technical contact to internal design department and affiliated companies; technical support for sales staff). Provides and shares technical documentation and data (e.q. approval and final drawings, tooling examples, machine data, etc.). Liaison between the customer, manufacturing and engineering to resolve performance or design issues that are encountered on customer site. Instructs and trains as required on the utilization and application of tooling supplied
• Maintain contact to customers/MAPAL for technical requirements and needs. Utilizes engineering and past application knowledge to process applications
• Analyze customer requirements for producing parts (quality of holes or surfaces; SPC requirements and tolerances). Interacts with the customer to generate new applications within the MAPAL products offered as well as suggest other products for tooling packages. Resolves tooling issues on the customer’s floor and reports findings, recommends changes as required

YOUR TASKS

• Develops and implements sales plan to develop sales growth to an annual budget within a specific sales region
• Partners with the customer to generate new applications within the MAPAL product line presenting and demonstrating value added solutions
• Coordinates and interacts with the customer plant and MAPAL to troubleshoot customer challenges; organize and plan how to optimize; expert in documenting process to build library and training
• Liaison between the engineer on customer site, customer service, manufacturing and engineering to address changes to optimize performance
• Instructs and trains customers on the implementation of cutting tools supplied
• Resolves cutting tool issues on the customer's floor and reports findings, recommends changes as required
• Accountable and responsible for all assigned product line testing, reporting, and closing out of test tool process including documentation; coordination with MAPAL teams including Finance
• Recommend speeds and feeds for cycle times and tool life, manufacturability
• Technical support for the internal and external teams (technical contact to internal design department and affiliated companies; technical support for sales staff). Provides and shares technical documentation and data (e.q. approval and final drawings, tooling examples, machine data, etc.). Liaison between the customer, manufacturing and engineering to resolve performance or design issues that are encountered on customer site. Instructs and trains as required on the utilization and application of tooling supplied
• Maintain contact to customers/MAPAL for technical requirements and needs. Utilizes engineering and past application knowledge to process applications
• Analyze customer requirements for producing parts (quality of holes or surfaces; SPC requirements and tolerances). Interacts with the customer to generate new applications within the MAPAL products offered as well as suggest other products for tooling packages. Resolves tooling issues on the customer’s floor and reports findings, recommends changes as required

YOUR PROFILE

• Education, Experience, Military or Training equivalent to a 2-4 year degree program in a technical discipline or Development/Pipeline program; 4-5 years cutting tooling application by product line experience achieved through hands on learning. Understanding of the complete machining process by product line is preferred
• Demonstrated experience with metal cutting principles/processes: power, thrust, balance, microfinishes, geometries within aerospace and defense machining environment, and/or aerostructure assembly
• Strong work ethic; self-motivated; independent and capable to plan, organize and make decisions
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written), Presenter with the skills of persuasion and value selling. Expert on product line details/operation and how to ensure product performs, customer focused, and solutions oriented
• Ability to travel up to 50% to perform optimization and troubleshooting within territory/sales region
• Business oriented in planning and development; ability to adapt quickly to change
• Bonus skills and experience include but not limited to manual drilling/reaming, ADU drilling/reaming, CAM Programming, 2D and 3D CAD Drafting, aerostructure design background, project management professional certification, leadership skills
• Candidate should be located in or near Wichita, Kansas region

WE OFFER

• Market competitive salary
• Benefit eligibility and vesting that start on your 1st day with us! (medical, vision, dental, std, ltd, 401k)
• Opportunities for career development
• Training here and abroad
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness programs