Application Engineer

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Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace. So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! You can help make our company even better. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself. We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.

Why Protolabs?

We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.

For our office in Telford, we are looking for an Application Engineer to provide an in-depth level of technical expertise and solutions to our customers.

What you'll do:

• Supporting the wider EMEA customer base with service line specific, pre or post, in-depth technical support.
• Work closely with operations teams to ensure viability of complex, out of process or replacement part proposals to ensure clear alignment on execution strategy.
• Establish best practice methodologies for achieving customer requirements through our factory or network partners.
• Gain a solid understanding of the customer’s technical requirements and ability to make design changes and communicate appropriate solutions.
• Evaluate customer requirements to best manage expectations and risks for strategic projects.
• Thoroughly review and evaluate customer supplier 3D CAD data, DFM, and RFQ’s and assist the customer in working through recommended or required changes to meet their part requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to sales and customers regarding process capabilities and limitations.
• Balance the objective of satisfying the customer requests with the best fulfillment path with consideration to potential of downstream risks to deliver acceptable parts of schedule.
• Coordinates with technical operations, contracts, quality and process engineering departments to manage in-depth projects with out of process customer requirements.
• Local trade show, webinars or live talk support may be required.
• EMEA languages – French/English/German - desired.