Applications Engineer - Magnetics

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to understand application requirements and identify appropriate permanent magnet solutions
• Provide guidance on magnet materials, grades, coatings, and performance characteristics
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for customer questions, clarifications, and issue resolution
• Communicate technical requirements clearly between customers and internal teams
• Drive customer programs through key milestones including sample delivery, testing, validation, and production readiness
• Track and manage technical progress of customer engagements in coordination with the commercial team
• Act as the voice of the customer internally, ensuring requirements, constraints, and performance expectations are clearly understood and executed
• Guide customers in selecting appropriate magnet materials, grades, and configurations for new and existing applications
• Provide magnetic application support, including performance tradeoffs and basic analysis
• Evaluate customer requirements against internal manufacturing capabilities and provide DFM recommendations balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, and heavy rare earth (HRE) usage
• Translate application needs into clear technical requirements for production and materials teams
• Cook up coordination with R&D, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure alignment with customer requirements
• Support prototyping, testing, and validation of magnet products in customer applications
• Support root cause investigations for customer issues and non-conforming product, including corrective actions (e.g., 8D)
• Partner with internal quality teams and customers on qualification activities (e.g., PPAP, where applicable)
• Drive timely resolution of application, performance, and quality issues across internal teams
• Operate with urgency to support fast-moving customer timelines and internal production ramp

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing engineering, applications engineering, or product engineering role
• Experience working with manufactured components in a production environment (e.g., metals, ceramics, magnets, or similar)
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and customer requirements
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with manufacturing and quality teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience supporting root cause investigations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interface directly with customers

Must Be A U.S. Person

Due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Desired Skills

• Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability industries
• Experience working with permanent magnets, particularly NdFeB materials
• Familiarity with magnetic systems or applications (e.g., motors, sensors, actuators)
• Familiarity with quality and qualification processes (e.g., PPAP, first article inspection)
• Ability to read and interpret GD&T and complex engineering drawings
• Exposure to design-for-manufacturability (DFM) concepts in a production environment
• Experience supporting root cause investigations and corrective actions (e.g., 8D, CAPA)
• Experience working directly with customers in a technical or applications-focused role
• Exposure to basic electromagnetic or magnetic analysis tools (FEA or similar)