Laser Application Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Laser Applications Engineer to join our client s engineering team, developing laser solutions for customers and supporting projects from initial enquiry through to successful delivery.

This is a customer-facing engineering role where your CNC machine tool knowledge will be essential in understanding customer requirements, producing technical proposals and delivering commercially successful solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• As Laser Applications Engineer, you will develop laser solutions, quotations and proposals based on customer requirements for high-precision aerospace and industrial components.

• Act as the technical interface between customers, sales and engineering throughout the project lifecycle.

• The Laser Applications Engineer will provide laser application support, technical presentations and laser demonstrations on multi-process manufacturing systems.

• Work closely with design and manufacturing teams to ensure solutions are practical, cost-effective and deliverable, using 3D CAD e.g. Inventor.

• Support machine acceptance activities, including international travel for customer training and commissioning support.

About You

Previous experience within laser and the CNC machine tool industry is essential. You'll have a strong technical understanding of laser CNC machining processes and machine tool applications, together with excellent customer-facing and communication skills. You will be prepared to travel, mostly internationally, for circa a third of the time.

Whether your background is in Applications Engineering, Technical Sales, Project Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering, you'll enjoy solving engineering challenges and working directly with customers.

1/3 of the time travelling to customer sites, the rest of the time on site, Leicestershire.