Senior MIM Applications Engineer — Drive New Metal Parts

Zaddy Solutions; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Investing in people and equipment

Job summary

Zaddy Solutions in Rockford, IL is seeking an Applications / Product Engineer with MIM experience to grow metal injection molding capabilities. You will plan and execute design, development and promotion of new products, support sales teams, and drive successful production approvals for new products.

You will lead engineering quotations, drive manufacturability improvements for MIM components, and manage proto‑type sample production. Strong customer interface and APQP leadership are required.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing engineering quotes for new products including material requirements, operations, costs, and tooling.
• Ability to recommend manufacturability improvements for MIM components.
• Experience leading proto-type sample fabrication and delivery.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and coordinate with internal teams.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Lead the manufacturing and delivery of all engineering and proto‑type samples.
• Lead technical/engineering discussions with customers. Represent customers in technical/engineering discussions with internal teams.
• Lead APQP team through Gate 1 and participate in APQP through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM experience

Design skills

Customer interface

APQP knowledge

Tools

CAD (SolidWorks)

Job description

Zaddy Solutions in Rockford, IL is seeking an Applications / Product Engineer with MIM experience to grow metal injection molding capabilities. You will plan and execute design, development and promotion of new products, support sales teams, and drive successful production approvals for new products.

You will lead engineering quotations, drive manufacturability improvements for MIM components, and manage proto‑type sample production. Strong customer interface and APQP leadership are required.