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 is crucial for enhancing machining processes at the Decatur site, which has recently seen significant investment. 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).