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