u/GarthKilledMyParents

About a month ago I made a post about how I've been a CNC machinist/programmer for about 10 years, started as an apprentice and now running 3,5 axis mills, and my company's waterjet. I was saying I was looking for a career change and was asking for input on what the day to day life of an applications engineer was like.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I had a lot of people reach out to me to share their experience. I just wanted to thank you guys for all of the advice and insight, and to give an update!

I landed a CNC applications engineer job at a very big CNC machine manufacturer!! I put my two weeks at my company so I can help train someone to fill the gap and ill be starting in mid june! I cant wait to see where this opportunity takes me.

About a month ago I made a post about how I've been a CNC machinist/programmer for about 10 years, started as an apprentice and now running 3,5 axis mills, and my company's waterjet. I was saying I was looking for a career change and was asking for input on what the day to day life of an applications engineer was like.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I had a lot of people reach out to me to share their experience. I just wanted to thank you guys for all of the advice and insight, and to give an update!

I landed a CNC applications engineer job at a very big CNC machine manufacturer!! I put my two weeks at my company so I can help train someone to fill the gap and ill be starting in mid june! I cant wait to see where this opportunity takes me.

Any CNC Applications Engineers in here? Part 2 (Follow up post)

I can’t thank everyone enough for all of the feedback and insight from my last post about considering making a change out of the shop floor life, asking about life as an applications engineer..

Since making that post I’ve had 2 companies reach out to me for interviews, both of which are large CNC machine manufacturers! So this follow up post is to try and possibly get ahead on some common potential interview questions to be prepared for. Or even just some tips or things to be wary of going into the interview. Again I appreciate everyone who chimed in and took the time to help me out!

I can’t thank everyone enough for all of the feedback and insight from my last post about considering making a change out of the shop floor life, asking about life as an applications engineer..

Since making that post I’ve had 2 companies reach out to me for interviews, both of which are large CNC machine manufacturers! So this follow up post is to try and possibly get ahead on some common potential interview questions to be prepared for. Or even just some tips or things to be wary of going into the interview. Again I appreciate everyone who chimed in and took the time to help me out!

I’ve been working as a CNC machinist for about 10 years, started as an apprentice, now running/programming some basic 3 axis, 5 axis machines and a waterjet. But I’ve been looking to make a career change, I’ve had a couple recruiters message me about potentially applying for CNC applications engineer roles, and it sounds like it’d be a decent gig, but a lot of jobs sound better on paper than actually doing them lol. So Im trying to get a feel for what the job is actually like from people doing it.

Do you like it? What’s the day to day like? Is it mostly programming? Working with customers to troubleshoot? traveling?

Any pros/cons or things you wish you knew before getting into it?

I appreciate any insight!

I’ve been working as a CNC machinist for about 10 years, started as an apprentice, now running/programming some basic 3 axis, 5 axis machines and a waterjet. But I’ve been looking to make a career change, I’ve had a couple recruiters message me about potentially applying for CNC applications engineer roles, and it sounds like it’d be a decent gig, but a lot of jobs sound better on paper than actually doing them lol. So Im trying to get a feel for what the job is actually like from people doing it.

Do you like it? What’s the day to day like? Is it mostly programming? Working with customers to troubleshoot? traveling?

Any pros/cons or things you wish you knew before getting into it?

I appreciate any insight!