Application Engineer

Actalent - Decatur, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Decatur, IL

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Application Engineer role at Actalent's Decatur site is crucial for enhancing machining processes following a significant investment in the facility. This position offers high visibility and responsibility, allowing the engineer to make a substantial impact on the organization by improving safety, quality, delivery, and productivity in machining operations.

Responsibilities

• Improve existing machining processes to enhance Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Productivity.
• Update process documentation to ensure setups, programs, and tooling information are accurate and available for Operations.
• Develop and implement processes for new product designs.
• Actively participate in troubleshooting and root cause analysis of operations issues.
• Train Operations on new and existing machining processes.
• Implement new technology as part of capital projects, maintaining timeline integrity for specific tasks.
• Deliver exceptional results and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization to drive improvements.

Requirements

• Experience with CNC lathe programming and production machining.
• Ability to function independently on a lathe, including programming, setup, and running parts.
• Experience programming for production machine shop volume.
• Robotics/automation experience (e.g., x, y axis or 6 axis).
• Strong collaboration, teamwork, urgency, and soft skills.
• Experience working with metal (brass, steel, aluminum).
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Solidworks, and new product development.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency with G and M codes, Fanuc controls.
• Basic manual programming, selecting cutting tools and part workholding.
• 2+ years of relevant experience highly preferred.
• Experience with CAD/CAM programs for CNC programming (e.g., AutoCAD, Solidworks, MasterCAM).
• Experience machining metal parts, specifically brass is preferred.
• Troubleshooting and quality review skills.
• Comfort with tooling operations and dry cutting parts (without coolant).