Senior MIM Applications Engineer — Drive Product Innovation

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

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.