Applications Engineer at Latitude Inc – Suwanee, Georgia

Applications Engineer

The primary mission of the Applications Engineer (AE) is to evaluate and execute new technologies into commercial processes.Responsibilities

• The AE balances technical ability and personal relationship skills to provide an interface between the customers engineering staff and the Web Industries technical staff.
• The AE has succeeded when new technologies are successfully qualified and included in customers material specifications and/or Webs PCDs.
• The AE also supports efforts to improve existing processes by participating in teams and coordinating technical details with customers and suppliers.
• Meeting with customers engineering staff to understand and document product requirements, features, benefits, and performance characteristics.
• Planning, coordinating, and documenting trials.
• Working with customers to identify and specify appropriate process and/or method.
• Developing manufacturing methods and coordinating the design and qualification of process lines.
• Creating product specifications, quality plans, test methods, work; instructions, training plans, metrics and other documents and systems that ensure a smooth release to manufacturing once development is complete.

Requirements

• B.S. in an Engineering related field
• 5-10 years in process/quality/development engineering
• Experience with flexible materials processing (extruding, coating, printing, laminating)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Skill with Quality, Lean, and Six-Sigma methodologies such as FMEA, DOE, SPC, etc.

$70,000 - $102,000 a year