Applications Engineer
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Applications Engineer
The primary mission of the Applications Engineer (AE) is to evaluate and execute new technologies into commercial processes.
Responsibilities
The AE balances technical ability and personal relationship skills to provide an interface between the customers' engineering staff and the Web Industries' technical staff.
The AE has succeeded when new technologies are successfully qualified and included in customer's material specifications and/or Web's PCDs.
The AE also supports efforts to improve existing processes by participating in teams and coordinating technical details with customers and suppliers.
Meeting with customers' engineering staff to understand and document product requirements, features, benefits, and performance characteristics.
Planning, coordinating, and documenting trials.
Working with customers to identify and specify appropriate process and/or method.
Developing manufacturing methods and coordinating the design and qualification of process lines.
Creating product specifications, quality plans, test methods, work instructions, training plans, metrics and other documents and systems that ensure a smooth release to manufacturing once development is complete.
Requirements
B.S. in an Engineering related field
5-10 years in process/quality/development engineering
Experience with flexible materials processing (extruding, coating, printing, laminating)
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Skill with Quality, Lean, and Six-Sigma methodologies such as FMEA, DOE, SPC, etc.
$70,000 - $102,000 a year