Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding

Senior Applications Engineer MIM (Metal Injection Molding)

A confidential employer in Rockford, Illinois, seeks a Senior Applications Engineer with metal injection molding expertise to join their Advanced Technology Engineering Team. This direct-hire role offers a base salary of $100,000–$130,000 plus a 10% bonus and full relocation assistance. If you have design skills and customer interface experience in MIM or powdered metals, this is your chance to own new product introductions in a growing, investment-backed business.

Company Confidential Employer Location Rockford, Illinois, USA Industry Automotive Compensation $100,000 - $130,000 per year

Employment Type

Full Time/Direct Hire Remote Status No Remote Total Openings 1 Work Experience 3 - 30 years

This is a company that is doubling down on metal injection molding, investing in the latest equipment and expanding its engineering team. As the senior applications engineer, you will be the technical bridge between customer concepts and production-ready parts. Your ideas will shape how complex components are quoted, designed, and launched.

Your day-to-day will involve preparing detailed cost models, recommending design tweaks that unlock MIM's potential, and shepherding prototypes from first sketch to final sample. You'll sit at the table with customers, translating their needs into clear engineering actions, and you'll lead the APQP process to ensure every new product hits the floor running.

The engineer who thrives here already knows their way around a powdered metal component. You can discuss gate placement and feedstock behavior, and you're not afraid to open a CAD file to validate a draft angle or suggest a wall-thickness change. You communicate with clarity that sells an idea, and you organize your work so that no detail slips through the cracks.

This direct-hire role is about ownership and visible impact. You'll earn a base salary that respects your expertise, a 10% bonus that ties your success to the team's success, and a full relocation package to make Rockford your home. If you want to be the engineer who turns a customer's tough requirements into a profitable, manufacturable reality, apply today.

• You must have hands-on experience with metal injection molding (MIM) or powder metal applications in a design or applications engineering role
• CAD design skills are essential, including the ability to create marked prints or modify solid model files
• Prior customer interface experience in an engineering capacity is required; you must be comfortable leading technical discussions with external clients
• U.S. citizenship or Green Card is mandatory because the client cannot sponsor work authorization
• This is an on-site position in Rockford, Illinois; remote work is not available
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant engineering experience is expected

• A competitive base salary of $100,000 to $130,000 per year recognizes your deep MIM expertise
• A 10% annual bonus adds significant upside and aligns your success with the company's expansion
• Relocation assistance is provided to make moving to the Rockford area seamless and worry-free
• The company is actively investing in new talent and advanced equipment to grow its metal injection molding business, so you will work with state-of-the-art resources
• You will have high-impact ownership over new product introductions, from quoting through launch
• Direct growth opportunities come with a scaling business that values technical leadership
• You will join a collaborative team where hands-on engineering and cross-functional teamwork are celebrated

• You will develop comprehensive engineering quotations for new products, estimating raw material requirements, operation steps, outside costs, tooling, fixtures, gauging, and capital needs
• You will recommend design modifications to customer components to enhance manufacturability using MIM technology, including creating marked prints and modifying CAD solid model files
• You will lead the manufacturing and delivery of all engineering prototypes and samples, ensuring each piece meets specifications
• You will serve as the primary…