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Sheet Metal Design Specialist

$76.63k - $137.23k
Full-time

TRUMPF

As a family-run, high-tech company with nearly 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive to join our team. Our company culture, which values collaboration and mutual trust, creates the ideal framework for boldly trying new things and questioning the status quo. Our technologies inspire people to develop and produce things that are currently unimaginable. Whether lasers, machine tools, EUV or electronics - TRUMPF is building technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?

The Sheet Metal Design Specialist delivers advanced customer-specific courses and applications engineering support on sheet metal design optimization and manufacturing techniques. This role combines technical expertise in design, manufacturing engineering, and machine applications with strong instructional and interpersonal skills. The position is essential to TRUMPF's mission of enabling customers to maximize value from sheet metal design, manufacturing solutions, and TRUMPF machine capabilities.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Course Management & Delivery

  • Consult with customers to define course content and optimization opportunities; coordinate scheduling, facilities, and materials

  • Conduct internal and external courses on sheet metal optimization with professional demonstrations and presentations

  • Customize content for customer-specific questions and deliver in English and multiple languages

  • Create course documentation, assess effectiveness, and identify follow-up opportunities

Applications Engineering & Technical Solutions

  • Provide advanced applications engineering using TRUMPF tools (TRUMPF software, CAD/CAM) for design optimization and machine programming

  • Execute advanced programming (online/offline), create time studies and sample parts, and develop optimizations for cutting, punching, bending, and forming

  • Conduct technical analysis of customer parts to identify efficiency improvements and determine proper tool selection

  • Apply comprehensive knowledge of TRUMPF documentation and machine capabilities to solve complex challenges

Customer Support & Relationship Management

  • Provide ongoing technical support (phone/email) for applications and design questions

  • Evaluate feedback, implement corrective measures, and maintain customer relationships through account management and events

  • Conduct feasibility studies for new applications and manage production coordination with Sales

Training Development & Knowledge Transfer

  • Identify emerging training needs and develop new course concepts, tools, and documentation

  • Train team members and colleagues on applications techniques, advanced programming, and design optimization

  • Maintain and upgrade course infrastructure and stay current with industry trends

Sales Support & Business Development

  • Support sales teams with machine demonstrations, consultations, and targeted presentations at customer sites and trade shows

  • Coordinate course offerings, acquire new customers, and assist Sales in identifying customer needs

  • Advise departments on sheet metal developments and support production/quality optimization

National and international travel expected (50%): customer sites, trade shows, TRUMPF locations, training centers

Education & Experience

College degree in mechanical, manufacturing, or related engineering field

Minimum 2–3 years in sheet metal design/manufacturing, machine tool applications, CAD/CAM programming, or technical training

Preferred: TRUMPF product experience

Sheet metal design principles, optimization strategies, and manufacturing techniques (cutting, punching, bending, forming, welding)

Proficiency with CAD/CAM tools (TruTops preferred), TRUMPF software, machine control/offline programming, and time study software

Understanding of sheet metal machinery, presses, bending systems, and laser cutting systems

Technical analysis and design optimization capabilities

Salary Range: $76,625 - $137,225

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