Application Engineer

Powermatic; Manitowoc (WI); Remote; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JPW Industries in Manitowoc, WI, is seeking an Application Engineer to become the technical expert for Baileigh press brake opportunities. You will work hands-on in demonstrations, bending trials, and customer visits to ensure parts meet accuracy and cycle time from day one.

You will partner with Sales, Account Managers, Product and Engineering to shape our roadmap, deliver field feedback, and help win quotes.

Responsibilities

• Recommend machine, tooling, and automation options that fit customer parts.
• Assist with successful installs and ramp-ups to hit accuracy and cycle time targets.
• Provide field feedback to Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and positioning.
• Represent JPW Industries credibly at trade shows, demos, and on customer floors.

Job description

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Application Engineer

Full Time Technical Manitowoc, WI, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1365

Application Engineer, Press Brake

Location: Remote (US), preferred within two hours of Manitowoc, WI (Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, or Chicago)

At JPW Industries, we don't just build products; we build careers.

Be the technical expert who turns a customer's toughest bending challenge into a won deal and a running cell.

Our press brake business is growing, and we need an Application Engineer who lives and breathes CNC bending. You will be the person prospects trust in the demo room, the one Account Managers pull into their hardest quotes, and the one customers count on when a production bending cell must hit accuracy and cycle time on day one. This is a hands‑on, high‑visibility role for someone who loves solving real fabrication problems and getting credit for the win.

JPW Industries is a woodworking and metalworking machinery and tools company behind trusted brands including Jet, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards, Baileigh, and Axiom. On the press brake side, Baileigh gives you a broad, growing portfolio and a real seat at the table with Product Management and Engineering, where your field insight shapes what we build next.

What You Will Own

From the first customer part drawing to a fully ramped bending cell, you own the technical story:

• The technical win on press brake opportunities: machine, tooling, and automation recommendations that fit the customer's parts and prove out in trials and demos.
• Successful installs and ramp‑ups: start‑up, process setup, and troubleshooting so new customers hit accuracy and cycle time fast.
• The feedback loop to Product and Engineering: field insight that shapes the roadmap, tooling, and competitive positioning.
• JPW's credibility in the room: confident, clear technical representation at trade shows, demos, and on customer floors under pressure.

Your First Year: What Success Looks Like

• You are the go‑to technical resource on Baileigh press brake opportunities, trusted by Sales and Account Managers to close the technical gap on quotes.
• You have performed demonstrations, bending trials, feasibility studies, and offline simulations that directly supported won deals.
• You have supported installs and start‑ups that reached target bend accuracy and cycle time on schedule.
• You have delivered field feedback and at least one tooling or process idea that improved the product or the customer experience.

How You'll Spend Your Time

Win the technical sale.

• Evaluate customer parts, drawings, and bend sequences and recommend the right