Senior MIM Applications Engineer — Front‑End Launch Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Great Bay Staffing Group is seeking an engineer with metal injection molding and powder metal experience to drive new product opportunities from design review to launch. You will lead technical discussions with customers, propose MIM-enabled design changes, and guide prototypes through manufacturing readiness as part of APQP processes.

The role emphasizes front-end influence, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership across quoting, design validation, and early production introductions.

Qualifications

• Design experience with metal injection molded or powder metal components.
• CAD design skills, including working with solid model files.

Responsibilities

• Build engineering quotations for new products, including material requirements, steps, rates, tooling, fixtures and capital needs.
• Recommend design changes to customer components for MIM manufacturability.
• Lead manufacture and delivery of engineering and prototype samples.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and represent their needs internally.
• Lead APQP through Gate 1 and participate through Gate 5.

Skills

MIM design experience

CAD design

Customer-facing technical experience

APQP familiarity

Engineering roles knowledge (Apps/Prod

Job description

Great Bay Staffing Group is seeking an engineer with metal injection molding and powder metal experience to drive new product opportunities from design review to launch. You will lead technical discussions with customers, propose MIM-enabled design changes, and guide prototypes through manufacturing readiness as part of APQP processes.

The role emphasizes front-end influence, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership across quoting, design validation, and early production introductions.