Senior Applications Engineer, MIM (Metal Injection Molding) – Automotive

Great Bay Staffing Group; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Bay Staffing Group is seeking an engineer with metal injection molding design experience to influence new product development from quote to launch. You will review customer parts, propose MIM-based redesigns, and lead technical conversations with clients to ensure manufacturability.

This role emphasizes front-end technical ownership and cross-functional collaboration. You will drive APQP activities, participate through Gates, and coordinate with engineering, sales, and production teams to

Qualifications

• Experience with metal injection molded or powder metal components.
• Proficient CAD skills and ability to modify CAD solid models.
• Strong customer-facing technical communication.
• Familiarity with APQP processes.

Responsibilities

• Build engineering quotations for new products, including material requirements, operation steps, and costs.
• Recommend design changes to enable MIM manufacturing, including marked prints and CAD model updates.
• Lead manufacture and delivery of engineering and prototype samples.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and translate needs to internal teams.
• Direct APQP activities through Gate 1 and participate through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM design experience

CAD design

APQP familiarity

Customer-facing technical experience

Engineering background (Applications/P

Job description

The Opportunity

If you've worked with metal injection molded or powder metal components, this role puts that design experience in front of customers and new programs, not just existing parts.

You would join the Advanced Technology Engineering Team at a manufacturer that is investing in both people and equipment to expand its metal injection molding business. Your work centers on new products, applications, and markets: reviewing customer components, recommending design changes so they can be made with MIM, and leading the technical conversation from quote through launch.

Base pay runs $100,000-$130,000 with a 10% bonus, and relocation is paid.

Why This Opportunity Is Worth a Look

• Growth in the MIM business. The company is investing in people and equipment to expand its metal injection molding capability.
• Front-end influence. You help shape new products, applications, and markets rather than sustaining existing ones.
• Technical ownership across the launch. You lead APQP through Gate 1, participate through Gate 5, and lead manufacturing and delivery of engineering and prototype samples.
• Customer-facing technical role. You lead engineering discussions with customers and represent their needs to internal teams.
• Compensation and relocation. $100,000-$130,000 base, 10% bonus, and paid relocation for candidates from anywhere in the country.

What Your Week Looks Like

• Build engineering quotations for new products, including raw material requirements, operation steps and rates, outside operations, tooling, fixtures, gauging, and capital requirements
• Recommend design changes to customer components so they can be manufactured with MIM, including marked prints and modifications to CAD solid model files
• Lead the manufacture and delivery of engineering and prototype samples
• Lead technical and engineering discussions with customers, and represent the customer's needs with internal teams
• Lead the APQP team through Gate 1 and participate through Gate 5
• Support the Commercial Sales Team on revenue growth and the Product Launch Team on production approval and introducing new products into manufacturing

What We're Looking For

• Design experience with metal injection molded or powder metal components, in any application
• CAD design skills, including working with solid model files
• Customer-facing technical experience
• Familiarity with APQP
• Background as an Applications, Product, R&D, Design, or Project Engineer. Titles vary, and the experience matters more than the label.