Application Engineer - Precision Machine Tools and Automation

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

UNISIG specializes in the design, engineering, and production of high-performance, precision CNC machine tools and automation. As an industry leader, our machines, whether custom-built or express-ordered, are in demand across the globe. Equipped with advanced tools and systems, our highly skilled workforce brings innovation, expertise, and value to all facets of the process, delivering a product that meets or exceeds our customers' expectations.

The Application Engineer works with innovative applications and customers around the world, applying state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies to solve complex problems. This role bridges customer requirements, engineering design, and manufacturing execution, with a technical focus on deep hole drilling, deep hole machining, and process automation. This role plays a critical role in customer success - from initial quoting and application development through project execution, final runoff, and long-term technical support.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable collaborating across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, service, sales, and directly with customers. As part of an OEM environment, this role influences all stages of the process. This role offers a rewarding blend of professional and hands‑on responsibilities, connecting practical experience with design, analysis, and theory.

• Analyze customer workpiece requirements and develop deep hole drilling and deep hole machining processes to meet requirements
• Collaborate with leading tooling companies to select tooling, determine machining parameters, and estimate cycle times
• Define machine configurations and specifications required to meet application and process objectives
• For automated projects, determine operation sequences, system cycle time, and automation interfaces
• Provide machine selection and accessory configuration information to technical sales for quoting
• Create tool setup documentation and manufacturing process drawings, including Bills of Materials, for use in the tech center and on customer projects
• Develop special tools, fixtures, accessories, and machine designs in conjunction with design engineering
• Create conceptual design elements for machines, processes, and automated cells in conjunction with product development
• Participate in process development and theory validation in the UNISIG technical center
• Participate in process development for customer projects in build, support during runoff, and training
• Apply troubleshooting and development disciplines in an engineering lab setting with documentation
• Provide ongoing application support and troubleshooting as customers use their machines

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent combination of education/experience in a related technical field.
• Experience with precision CNC machining and cutting tools (deep hole drilling experience is a plus but not required)
• Experience with precision measurement and statistical process controls for production
• Experience designing tools and fixtures using 2D CAD, 3D CAD or CAM software
• Demonstrated success learning how things work at a deep level, such as material science or metal cutting theory, and using those concepts to achieve technical successes in difficult applications
• Ability to interpret customer requirements and translate them into robust machine concepts.
• Experience supporting or developing technical proposals and customer‑facing documentation that are technically sound, manufacturable, and competitive.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to plan and execute testing and validation activities to reduce technical risk and improve design quality
• Align with UNISIG Core Values:
  Driven to perform;
  Solve problems, don't create them;
  Strong individual who values a team;
  Desire to find what's next;
  Committed to detail and consistency.

• Regularly sits throughout the day
• Regularly utilizes depth perception, peripheral vision, and close focus
• Regularly operates a computer, computer accessories, and phone equipment
• Occasionally required to lift 25 pounds unassisted
• Occasionally stands and moves throughout the shop
• Occasionally climbs, stoops, kneels, reaches, and carries