Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding)

True North Consultants, Inc.; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. in Rockford, IL is seeking an Applications / Product Engineer with MIM or powder metals experience to design, develop and promote new products and markets, and to support the Commercial Sales Team with technical insight.

You will lead engineering quotations, recommend manufacturability changes for MIM, oversee prototypes, host customer discussions, and guide the APQP process from Gate 1 through Gate 5 to ensure successful production introductions.

Qualifications

• Experience with MIM or powder metals.
• Strong design skills and ability to interface with customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering quotations for new products including materials, steps, costs and tooling.
• Recommend manufacturability design changes for MIM components.
• Lead the engineering and prototype samples production.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and represent them internally.
• Lead APQP activities from Gate 1 through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM experience

Powder metals

Design skills

Customer interface

Tools

CAD

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.