Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding)

Ashton North LLC; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Investing in people

Job summary

Ashton North LLC in Rockford, IL seeks an Applications / Product Engineer with MIM experience to drive design, development and market expansion. You will support the Commercial Sales Team and aid the Product Launch Team to bring new products into manufacturing.

Key duties include preparing engineering quotations, recommending manufacturability improvements for MIM parts, leading prototype builds, and guiding APQP activities through Gate 5 while managing technical discussions with customers.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering quotations for manufacturing new products.
• Ability to recommend manufacturability improvements for MIM components.
• Experience leading prototype builds and technical discussions with customers.
• Familiarity with APQP processes and gates.

Responsibilities

• Develops engineering quotations for manufacturing new products including raw material requirements, operation steps and costs.
• Recommend design changes for customer components to ensure manufacturability by MIM technology, including marked prints or CAD model modifications.
• Lead the manufacturing and delivery of all engineering and proto-type samples.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and represent customers in internal discussions.
• Lead APQP team through Gate 1 and participate through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM experience

Design skills

Customer interface

APQP knowledge

Tools

CAD

Solid modeling

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.