APPLICATIONS ENGINEER III

MURATA MACHINERY GROUP•Charlotte, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the fulfillment side of our CNC Machine sales by ensuring we meet the operational capability of all lines of Murata CNC machine and integrated product load/unload systems; apply the latest process techniques, tooling, Fanuc, and other software to develop robust engineering solutions for our customers. Travel to customer facilities for installation, CPK acceptance runoffs and customer machine operator training. Perform machine troubleshooting analysis as required.

Requirements

AS Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a technical school preferred and/or 7+ years of experience on CNC Metal Cutting machines and turning applications
Proficient with Solid Works, Microsoft Office; Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint experience
Knowledge of GD&T, tooling and end user applications in the Automotive, Aerospace, Medical, and Consumer industries.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to apply fundamental mathematical concepts such as algebra and trigonometry.
Ability to apply mathematical operations to programming and sampling analysis.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Up to 75% travel including domestic and international.
A valid driver’s license and good driving record are required.
Must have or be eligible to obtain a passport for international travel.

Responsibilities

Install measuring probes, PPG, and other process specific peripheral components. Install and qualify appropriate tooling and work holding for turnkey or customer demo projects.
Create CNC programs manually and/or by using CadCam programming software.
Setup machine and validate process to meet customers quality and cycle time requirements. Occasionally handling customer requests such as tool monitoring, redundant tooling, parametric programming, tool setter usage and automation will need to be applied.
Perform the machine acceptance runoff with the customer present at our facility and then duplicate at their facility after installation. Post acceptance, provide customer personnel with machine operator training instruction and materials.
Travel to customer facilities internationally to perform and/or assist with machine runoffs and operator training. May require some travel to Murata Machinery Ltd, Japan for specialized training.
Maintain project schedules and meet customer deadlines. Must work well under pressure, and tactfully communicate with customers and co-workers.
Attend Proposal Engineering meetings to review new projects. Attend Kick off meetings and provide feedback to Engineering, Project Management and Proposals groups with any concerns about part processing, tooling, etc.
Trouble shoot machine process issues which may include surface finish issues, chip control, tool life, etc.
Troubleshoot loader programs and cycle tables.
Set up PPG which includes changing out fixtures, adjusting transducers, perform gage R&R and set-up /program feedback to the machine.
Work with Proposal Engineering group to select tooling for all projects.