Senior Applications Engineer - From Design to Manufacturing

Detroit Manufacturing Systems; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinetyc is seeking a seasoned engineering liaison to bridge product design and manufacturing in advanced hardware. You’ll own technical relationships from onboarding through production and lead DFM discussions and design reviews.

With 8–15 years in mechanical/electrical/systems engineering, you’ll translate CAD/BOM into manufacturing plans and collaborate with contract manufacturers and suppliers to accelerate time-to-market while maintaining quality.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of engineering experience with meaningful time on the product/customer side.
• Background in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering; electromechanical or complex assembled products experience preferred.
• Comfortable in DFM conversations and explaining manufacturability tradeoffs while preserving relationships.
• Experience reading CAD, BOMs, and technical design packages.
• Worked in or with contract manufacturers, Tier 1/2 suppliers, or product development environments.
• Familiar with the pace and ambiguity of early-stage or scaling hardware companies.
• Strong communicator in both technical design reviews and executive discussions.

Responsibilities

• Primary technical relationship with new and existing customers from onboarding through production.
• Lead customer engineering conversations — requirements gathering, DFM feedback, systems integration discussions, and technical risk identification.
• Bridge between customer product design and Kinetyc manufacturing engineering — translating CAD, BOM, and design packages into executable manufacturing plans.
• Support the 30-day new customer launch process as the technical lead.
• Identify and communicate gaps between customer expectations and Kinetyc capabilities — early and with proposed solutions.
• Contribute to FLEXembly and innovation initiatives where customer insight drives product development opportunities.
• Represent Kinetyc’s technical capability in customer-facing settings — presentations, site visits, design reviews.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Systems engineering

DFM feedback

CAD interpretation

BOM interpretation

Contract manufacturing

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Kinetyc is seeking a seasoned engineering liaison to bridge product design and manufacturing in advanced hardware. You’ll own technical relationships from onboarding through production and lead DFM discussions and design reviews.

With 8–15 years in mechanical/electrical/systems engineering, you’ll translate CAD/BOM into manufacturing plans and collaborate with contract manufacturers and suppliers to accelerate time-to-market while maintaining quality.