What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Engineer position at Fives?
Position Summary
Accountability:
The Applications Engineer will design, plan, and coordinate the mechanical and software integration for Fives machine tools, controls and processes to deliver technology driven components for a variety of industry sector applications including, but not limited to, aerospace, automotive, energy, oil & gas and heavy equipment.
Scope and Responsibilities:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:
Accountability:
The Applications Engineer will design, plan, and coordinate the mechanical and software integration for Fives machine tools, controls and processes to deliver technology driven components for a variety of industry sector applications including, but not limited to, aerospace, automotive, energy, oil & gas and heavy equipment.
Scope and Responsibilities:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Proactively attains a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
- Works closely with existing and new customers to identify new applications, markets and business opportunities for Fives processing equipment and technologies.
- Identifies opportunities to improve capabilities of Fives processing equipment based on customer experience and future needs.
- Identifies opportunities to develop new types of processing systems based on market trends.
- Reviews and analyzes customer part manufacturing requirements.
- Prepares customer part simulations and reports using CAD and composite CAM software.
- Recommends machine type to best fit the application.
- Stays abreast of technological improvements and innovations.
- Visit’s customer facilities to support introduction of systems and processes, resolve processing issues.
- Provides market vision, direction, and feedback to management.
- Prepares and delivers presentations on equipment applications and process capabilities.
- This position will require frequent travel up to 75-85% to support new and existing business.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree or equivalent education and experience.
- Five or more years’ experience in industrial manufacturing environment.
- Three to five years’ experience in machine tool manufacturing.
- Experience in the deposition of pre-preg material onto layup and cure molding.
- Experience in automated manufacturing equipment.
- Knowledgeable and proficient using engineering computer aided design tools.
- Good organizational skills with focus on attention to details.
- Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Working knowledge of machine tools equipment and processing
- Microsoft office software proficiency.
