Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding)

KLA Industries; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

KLA Industries is seeking an Applications / Product Engineer to advance the metal injection molding business and expand new product offerings. You will plan and execute design, development, and market introduction of new products, while supporting sales and product launch teams with technical leadership.

The role emphasizes manufacturability, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful production approvals and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience with MIM or powder metal processes.
• Strong design and CAD skills.
• Experience interfacing with customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering quotations for manufacturing new products including raw material requirements, operation steps and rates, outside costs, tooling, fixtures and gauging, and capital requirements.
• Recommend design changes for manufacturability by DSB’s MIM technology, including marked prints or CAD file modifications.
• Lead the manufacturing and delivery of all engineering samples and prototypes.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and represent them in internal engineering discussions.
• Lead APQP team through Gate 1 and participate through Gates 2–5.

Skills

MIM experience

Powder metals experience

CAD design

Customer interface

Tools

CAD (SolidWorks)

Job description

Requirements:

• Seeking Applications / Product Engineer with MIM (metal injection molding) or powder metals experience. Design skills and customer interface experience.

Position Summary:

As a member of the Advanced Technology Engineering Team, this position promotes growth of the Company by strategically planning and executing the design, development and promotion of new products, applications, and markets. This position also provides support to the Commercial Sales Team for revenue growth and the Product Launch Team for effective and successful production approval processes and the successful introduction of new products into manufacturing by functioning as a key technical resource.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Develops engineering quotations for manufacturing new products including raw material requirements, operation steps and rates, outside operational costs, tooling, fixtures and gauging cost, and capital requirements and cost.
2. Recommend design changes for customer’s components to ensure manufacturability by DSB’s MIM technology. Including, developing marked prints and/or modifications to CAD solid model files.
3. Lead the manufacturing and delivery of all engineering and proto‑type samples.
4. Lead technical/engineering discussions with customers. Represent customers in technical/engineering discussions with internal teams.
5. Lead APQP team through Gate 1 and participate in APQP through Gate 5.

Perks:

• This company is investing in people and equipment to expand the metal injection molding business.