Applications Engineer
On-siteBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Conduct industrial CT scanning operations across all product lines, planning and executing scans on diverse parts and materials to enable non-destructive component inspection. Own post-sale technical execution for customer accounts by building automated inspection solutions, developing custom recipes, and tuning workloads for inline manufacturing deployments. Design repeatable fixturing, run technical demonstrations, and use agentic coding tools to create scripts and integrations that solve specific customer problems. Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success, Solution Architects, and Engineering to resolve issues and document workflows for independent customer use. Travel approximately 30% to customer sites to present technical results and manage expectations, while working cross-functionally to turn recurring needs into product improvements.
Required Qualifications
- A degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Metallurgical, Plastics, or a related engineering field.
- 2+ years of professional experience in an engineering, applications, technical support, technical sales, or production role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and genuine comfort working directly with customers — including presenting technical results and managing expectations on scope.
- Comfortable using agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) to build tools and automations.
- Hands-on mechanical aptitude — comfortable with fixturing, tolerances, and how parts are actually made.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites, approximately 30%.
Desired Qualifications
- Bonus points for: Hands-on experience with industrial CT, CMM, or other dimensional metrology or NDT workflows.
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes such as machining, casting, injection molding, additive manufacturing, stamping, or assembly.
- Experience with inline or automated inspection systems, or with integrating equipment into a production line.
- Familiarity with GD&T, first-article inspection (FAI), or continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or SPC.
- Experience with CAD tools such as Onshape or SolidWorks.
- Domain experience in medical devices, aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, or batteries.
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