Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding)

The Keystone Distinction Group; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Investing in people and equipment

Job summary

The Keystone Distinction Group in Rockford, IL is seeking an Applications / Product Engineer with MIM or powder metals experience to drive design, development, and promotion of new products, applications, and markets, while supporting the Commercial Sales Team and Product Launch Team as a key technical resource.

You will lead engineering quotations, recommend manufacturability improvements for MIM components, and oversee proto-type samples, APQP activities, and customer-facing discussions with

Qualifications

• Experience with MIM or powder metals is required.
• Strong design capabilities and customer-facing experience.
• Experience engineering quotations and APQP participation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering quotations for new products, including material requirements, operation steps and costs.
• Recommend manufacturability improvements for MIM components and modify CAD models as needed.
• Lead the manufacturing and delivery of engineering and proto-type samples.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and represent them in internal engineering discussions.
• Lead APQP activities through Gate 1 and participate through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM

Powder metals

Design skills

Customer interface

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.