Sr. Application Engineer

Tegra Medical LLC; Country View Estates (MA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-the-job training

Health, dental, vision, life and other

401K and retirement benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Tegra Medical LLC in Franklin, MA is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to lead complex RFQ quoting and cost modeling for medical device components. The role combines deep technical leadership with cross-functional coordination across engineering, sales, and production to define manufacturing strategies and ensure financial alignment from quote to production.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in manufacturing or cost estimating, strong CAD/DFM skills, and proven ability to develop detailed

Qualifications

• 8+ years in manufacturing, processing, or applications engineering, or cost estimating.
• Proven technical leadership directing complex quotes and mentoring engineers.
• Strong business acumen balancing cost, quality, risk, lead time, and customer expectations.
• Extensive knowledge of precision manufacturing processes, materials, inspection methods, and external services.
• Experience evaluating new technologies, including supplier engagement and make-versus-buy decisions.
• Ability to develop capability assessments and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex RFQ quoting for medical device components and assemblies, reviewing specs and drawings.
• Lead quote strategy and technical reviews, communicating recommendations and cost drivers.
• Provide technical leadership to Application Engineers and ensure on-time quotes.
• Provide DFM guidance and create CAD models to improve manufacturability and reduce cost.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to defend estimates.
• Handoff awarded projects to development and production.
• Maintain cost integrity by comparing quoted assumptions to actual performance.
• Coach engineers on quoting, DFM, and cost-modeling standards.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering analysis

Cost modeling

GD&T

Documentation & proposals

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/manufacturing engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

ERP systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Sr. Application Engineer

FT Salary Full Time Franklin, MA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1186

Salary Range: $96,000.00 To $120,000.00 Annually

Join Our Team at Tegra Medical!

We’re a trusted contract manufacturer for some of the biggest names in the medical device industry. Known for taking on complex projects that others can’t, we pride ourselves on precision and innovation. Headquartered in Franklin, MA, Tegra Medical is part of the global SFS Group, based in Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Together, we’re shaping the future of healthcare.

Job Summary

This position requires the employee to work onsite at the assigned company location as an essential function of the role. The Senior Application Engineer is a strategic technical leader who evaluates and defines the cost structure of new and legacy medical device manufacturing projects. Combining deep technical expertise with cross-functional leadership, this role defines optimal manufacturing sequences, assesses production feasibility and required technologies, both internal and external, and delivers insight-driven recommendations that shape product introduction and scaling strategies.As a key technical advisor, the Senior Application Engineer supports Tegra Medical's commitment to excellence by providing high-level Design for Manufacturability (DFM) guidance, leading cost modeling, and connecting customers, engineering, sales, and production teams from early quoting through full-scale manufacturing, ensuring technical and financial alignment across the organization.

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead complex quoting for medical device components and assemblies: review RFQs, specifications, and drawings; coordinate cross-functional input; and determine feasibility, manufacturing strategy including process and technologies, risk, lead time, and cost.
• Lead quote strategy and technical reviews for high-value, high-risk opportunities, communicating recommendations, tradeoffs, assumptions, and cost drivers to customers, Sales, and management.
• Provide technical leadership to Application Engineers: set priorities, review work, resolve gaps, and ensure accurate, on-time quotes.
• Provide strategic DFM guidance and create CAD models or drawings to improve manufacturability, reduce cost, and meet quality and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as subject matter expert on manufacturing processes, materials, equipment, and external services.
• Investigate new technologies, processes, materials, and suppliers when requests exceed current capabilities; coordinate trials, supplier consultations, and SME reviews.
• Develop capability assessments and business cases (feasibility, validation, risk, tooling, capital, ROI) and recommend whether to develop internally, source externally, or exclude.
• Build and validate detailed cost models for components, subassemblies, and finished assemblies, including multilevel BOMs, routings, setup and cycle times, labor and machine assumptions, yield and scrap, tooling, validation, inspection, packaging, outsourced services, and capital.
• Prepare customer-ready proposals documenting scope, pricing logic, volumes, nonrecurring engineering, tooling, lead times, exclusions, risks, and sensitivity analyses.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure estimates are defensible, commercially aligned, and on schedule.
• Support handoff of awarded projects to development and production, ensuring assumptions, cost targets, risks, and commitments are owned by receiving teams.
• Maintain cost integrity by comparing quoted assumptions to actual performance and applying lessons learned.
• Improve quoting through data analysis, standard work, capability mapping, and maintenance of material, process, cost, and lead-time databases.
• Coach Application Engineers on quoting, DFM, and cost-modeling standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in manufacturing, processing, or applications engineering, or cost estimating, preferably in medical device or precision manufacturing.
• Proven technical leadership directing complex, cross-functional quoting and mentoring engineers.
• Strong business acumen balancing cost, quality, risk, lead time, and customer expectations.
• Extensive knowledge of precision manufacturing processes, materials, inspection methods, and external services.
• Experience evaluating new technologies, including supplier engagement, trials, and make-versus-buy recommendations.
• Ability to develop capability assessments and business cases.
• Advanced skills in engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and DFM principles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop detailed cost models and present customer-ready proposals with scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including working with incomplete or conflicting information.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Project-management skills to handle multiple complex RFQs and meet deadlines.
• Experience improving quoting processes through standard work, data analysis, and lessons learned.
• Proficiency with ERP, quoting/cost-modeling tools, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; ability to manage large datasets.
• SolidWorks/CAD experience is strongly preferred.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering or related technical field, and excellent mechanical/manufacturing aptitude. Advanced training or certifications in cost estimating, lean manufacturing, or DFM/A are highly desirable.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently performing repetitive work.
• Occasional lifting (max. 40 lbs.)
• Occasional carrying (max. 40 lbs.)
• Subject to physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts.
• Constant safety glasses while on the floor.
• Frequent standing.
• Occasionally sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, reaching.
• Regular attendance in the office is required

What We Offer:

• On-the-job training and advancement opportunities
• Competitive hourly wage + shift differentials(2nd& 3rdShift)
• Great benefits like health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401K and much more.
• Paid time off, sick time and holiday pay
• Employee Assistance Program/ Tuition Reimbursement