Application Engineer – SkillReal

About You

We are looking for a self-starter who is excited about new technology, manufacturing, and solving challenging problems in the field.

You’ll thrive on our team if you are:

• Highly motivated, dependable, and willing to work hard in a startup environment.
• A strong critical thinker who can work through technical problems independently.
• Comfortable learning complex software tools and becoming a true product expert.
• Excited by AI, computer vision, digital twins, automation, and automotive manufacturing.
• Hands‑on and practical, with the ability to work in both an office and plant‑floor environment.
• Organized, detail‑oriented, and able to document your work clearly.
• Collaborative, communicative, and comfortable working with customers, engineers, and internal teams.
• Flexible and adaptable as priorities evolve in a fast‑moving company.

• Become an expert user of the Skill Real digital twin inspection platform.
• Support pre‑sales and post‑sales activities, including customer demonstrations, technical discussions, production deployments.
• Assist with customer implementations at automotive manufacturing sites.
• Review customer requirements, CAD models, feature maps, weld files, tolerances, and inspection needs.
• Prepare and maintain software configuration files, operations files, and customer‑specific inspection setups.
• Support system setup, calibration, alignment, verification runs, data collection, and customer acceptance testing.
• Troubleshoot technical issues involving software setup, cameras, lighting, part presentation, fixturing, customer data, and plant‑floor conditions.
• Work with internal engineering and software development teams to communicate customer feedback, technical issues, product gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Design and execute tests to validate repeatability, accuracy, performance, and system readiness.
• Create documentation including user guides, deployment checklists, troubleshooting procedures, testing protocols, and customer‑facing summaries.
• Prepare concise presentations and reports to communicate findings, status, risks, and recommendations.
• Support hardware selection and deployment planning, including cameras, lenses, lighting, cables, computers, GPUs, mounts, and related equipment.
• Help build repeatable processes for future deployments so Skill Real can scale efficiently across customers and applications.
• Provide customer training and technical support during and after deployment.
• Represent Skill Real professionally with customers, partners, integrators, and manufacturing teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent hands‑on technical experience will also be considered.
• Strong computer skills and ability to learn complex technical software quickly.
• Experience with CAD software such as Solid Works, CATIA, NX, Creo, or similar tools.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a structured approach to troubleshooting.
• Comfortable working hands‑on with equipment, parts, fixtures, cameras, computers, and manufacturing systems.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings, CAD models, part features, tolerances, and basic manufacturing requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage tasks, and follow through without constant direction.
• Comfortable working directly with customers in professional and manufacturing environments.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to document technical work clearly.
• Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites across the United States.

• Experience in automotive manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, metrology, inspection, automation, machine vision, or robotics.
• Basic knowledge of Python, scripting, databases, or software configuration.
• Experience with cameras, optics, lighting, 3D inspection, measurement systems, or vision‑based inspection equipment.
• Familiarity with BIW, welding, fastening, stamped components, fixtures, gauges, or common automotive manufacturing processes.
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