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# SR Application Engineer

- **Company:** Page Michael International Inc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Siemens NX, Gibbscam (Software), Mastercam
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.michaelpage.com/job-detail/sr-application-engineer/ref/jn-072026-7071595

## About the Role

* Previous experience as a CNC Machinist, CNC Programmer, Manufacturing Engineer, Applications Engineer, or similar hands-on manufacturing role.
 * Demonstrated experience leading technical teams while remaining actively engaged in engineering activities.
 * Extensive hands-on experience with CNC machine setup, programming, prove-out, tooling selection, workholding, fixture design, and process optimization.
 * Expert knowledge of multi-axis machining, mill-turn, and multitasking machine tools.
 * Experience with one or more major CAM systems such as Mastercam, Siemens NX CAM, hyperMILL, ESPRIT, GibbsCAM, or similar.
 * Strong understanding of advanced workholding, cutting tools, fixture design, manufacturing strategy, and machining process optimization.
 * Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and customer-facing skills.
 * Approximately 10% travel.

## Description

o Lead the daily operations of the Applications Engineering Department.
o Coordinate engineering priorities, workloads, schedules, and technical resources.
o Ensure customer demonstrations, turnkey projects, machine validations, training events, and engineering activities are successfully executed.
o Maintain overall readiness of the Chicago Technical Center and ensure showroom machines are customer-ready.
o Lead execution of IMTS demonstrations, Open Houses, customer events, and strategic engineering initiatives.
o Mentor, coach, and develop Applications Engineers while fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
o Support customer visits, executive demonstrations, technical presentations, machine evaluations, and manufacturing assessments.
o Collaborate with Sales, Service, Operations, Facilities, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to ensure successful project execution.
o Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic technology partners.
o Develop engineering standards, best practices, and technical documentation.
o Identify process improvements and remove obstacles that prevent the engineering team from being successful.
o Support recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and development of engineering personnel.
o Lead engineering operations and ensure continuity of execution.
o Support global engineering initiatives and collaborate with international engineering teams.


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