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Applications Engineer Job Description

Job summary 1

If you are an Engineering professional looking for an opportunity to grow, we have an exciting opportunity for you! As an Applications Engineer, you will be the primary technical resource for our Partners and Customers responsible for actively driving and managing the technology evaluation stage of the quote process and ensuring orders reflects the quote. You build Partner and Customer relationships. You provide timely and helpful information to partners, Customers, and individuals across the organization. You break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions. You step up to handle tough issues. You help to build team spirit and keep the team motivated.

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Requirements & Skills 1

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
Collaborate effectively across all levels
Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Detail oriented
- Strong organizational skills

Job summary 2

An Applications Engineer supports customer relationships by maintaining deep product technical knowledge and providing technical advice, technical support, and technical expertise to enable & foster expansion in the market and solve customer inquiries, problems, and needs. Liaisons with Sales Engineer, Productivity Engineer, and Inside Sales to support the customer's technical needs.

Duties & Responsibilities 2

Be an expert in the company’s products and applications across end markets while being vigilant of cost savings and expansion into untapped market applications.
Understand the difference in the company’s products vs. competitor’s offerings and provide expert advice on the advantages of the company’s products in specific applications.
Perform analysis of complex application needs and develop recommendations in support of customer balancing business needs. Conduct tooling and application testing. Prepare and present progress, status, and forecasting reports of assigned areas of responsibility.
- Maintain expert knowledge of industry trends, training opportunities, and forecasts.
- Support sales growth by using the company’s products/technology to design and execute cost savings initiatives with customers.
- Active collaboration with internal customers such as Product Marketing, Mfg., Technology, etc., to ensure information is shared and goal alignments.

Requirements & Skills 2

Years of Relevant Work Experience Required: 5-8 Years
Preferred Areas of Education: Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering.
Technical/Professional knowledge & skills: creating demand through insight, influencing, planning & organizing, decision making, account planning, active learning, advancing sales discussions, building customer loyalty, building trusting relationships.

Job summary 3

We have an opportunity for an Applications Engineer to join our team. You will provide technical assistance to internal & external personnel (including distribution partners & OEMs) relative to the application and engineering of our products and processing orders. This position will perform/support specification review & interpretation, engineering calculations and assistance, materials of construction review, special requirements, pricing, replacement & interchangeability, and some system design & evaluation.

Duties & Responsibilities 3

Provide technical information, calculations, and cost estimates relating to bids on new equipment and replacement equipment; this includes determining special requirements for order processing and entering orders.
Investigate and resolve reported field problems after shipment (including issues that are not necessarily considered warranty-covered issues).
Provide technical information in response to field inquiries including obsolete product support.
Propose and coordinate design improvements to resolve repeated problems.
Design and engineer custom quotations (as needed) to meet customer specifications & requirements.
- Assist Manufacturing to resolve problems that arise out of assembly or testing of pumps and participate in inventory overage meetings.
- Serve as the initial Point of Contact for Pump Select Submittals; this involves responding to customers directly with recommendation(s), if suitable, and/or coordinating with the Sales team.
- Take on additional duties, as needed.

Requirements & Skills 3

Have earned at least a Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering-oriented field of study (e.g. BSME).
Experience working in Product Development, Design, Applications Engineering, Testing, and/or Technical Support preferred.

Job summary 4

The Applications Engineer is responsible for conducting pre-sales feasibility studies, customer presentations, trade show set-up, training, and onsite post-sales support/installation.

Duties & Responsibilities 4

Provides application feasibilities and fast tracks as necessary.
Conducts demonstrations and online trials of products at customer sites, trade shows, seminars, and events.
Troubleshoots issues at customers and provides resolutions to problems.
Completes evaluation reports in a timely and complete manner while recommending a solution that fits within the constraints of the application.
- Provides customer and sales engineer training when required.
- Provides product feedback to AE Manager and Product Business Units to improve products.
- Maintain and continuously update project information in the sales book.

Requirements & Skills 4

Job summary 5

We are seeking an Applications Engineer who is responsible for joining with Sales team to assist customers with the development and implementation of industry-leading display solutions. The Applications Engineer serves as the primary technical contact to customers for pre-sales technical support. S/he will be responsible for training and occasionally assisting with the installation of products and services at customer sites. Additionally, the Applications Engineer will be responsible for providing feedback and following up on technical issues with the Product Management team.

Duties & Responsibilities 5

Requirements & Skills 5

A/V product knowledge
Excellent interpersonal skills
Strong negotiation and selling ability
Mental ability to conduct ongoing interpersonal interactions, analyze and solve problems essential.
Ability to actively participate in team development and team-oriented processes.
Physical ability to use computer hardware/software required.
- Valid driver’s license and vehicle availability
- Some higher education or vocational training, preferably in a technical field
- 2 to 4+ years in a technical sales role, preferably in a B2B technology company

Job summary 6

Join us in an exciting Applications Engineer role to work in the food industry to provide technical solutions to our customers!

Duties & Responsibilities 6

Requirements & Skills 6

Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
Math Ability: Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, and analysis.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should know Microsoft Office and G-Suite
- Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms.

Job summary 7

Are you a mechanically inclined problem-solver looking for a career change? If so, we are looking for you to join our team as an Applications Engineer!

Duties & Responsibilities 7

Under general supervision, training, and direction, develop and optimize appropriate grinding processes for specific customer applications to facilitate new machine sales or installation and startup of sold machines
Assist with the setup and demonstration of machines for customer demonstration purposes at the company’s facility or the appropriate sister company’s manufacturing location
- Under general supervision provides limited scope operator training and direction to install new or modified CNC-operated precision grinding machines at customer's facility to ensure full functionality according to specifications
- Assist in the preparation of time studies, proposals, and presentations for machine sales purposes
- Continue to gain experience and knowledge through hands-on experience and continuing education classes. Regularly performs expected job duties with readily available assistance and uses well–established techniques, procedures, or specific standards described in manuals or other sources

Requirements & Skills 7

3-5 years experience
Ability to communicate thoroughly and effectively with customers, distributor sales staff, and colleagues utilizing the English language
Ability is required to calculate proportions and percentages as well as apply the concepts of basic algebra
Ability is required to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization or supervision may exist. Ability is also needed to interpret a variety of instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- Intermediate level skills in software associated with word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and other related business programs, as required
- Mechanical skills required are those needed to operate standard office equipment as well as extensive skills to demonstrate grinding machines and ancillary support equipment to demonstrate the capabilities of assigned products for customers, dealers, or staff
- Ability to effectively present training processes and information to customers in a one-on-one or group setting

Job summary 8

An Applications Engineer supports engineering processes and assists users in executing standard practices. Responsible for the evaluation, development, and implementation of process improvements. Aid in the development of IT requirements for new/improved processes. Participate in the testing of IT coding software rollouts or improvements.

Duties & Responsibilities 8

Utilize software to provide technical assistance and support for incoming queries and issues related to Engineering processes.
Write or update procedural Tip Sheets
Participate in cross-functional teams to understand and gather business requirements for new or updated processes
Supports the communication of priority for process improvements.
Assist with the transformation of business requirements into IT requirements.
- Assists in development plans which incorporated features and functions into future systems by analyzing requirements to increase user productivity and personal understanding of the overall system.
- Participates in user testing of new releases and version systems software by testing specific areas of the system, reporting, and recording problems encountered.
- Aid the development of new or improved processes through software testing at different intervals of software development.

Requirements & Skills 8

Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Product Lifecycle Management, or another relative field
Professional and diplomatic demeanor
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Collaborates and easily gets along in team-based environments
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Office
- CAD Experience
- Ability to work independently and manage one's time

Job summary 9

We are looking for an Applications Engineer to join our team.

Duties & Responsibilities 9

Support customer applications development activities that require a full understanding of the system set-up, an inspection of the customer’s product, confirmation of optimal and accurate results, and presentation of results
Work closely with internal and external customers to understand their requirements and challenges
Provide support and applications training to customers as well as various internal functional groups to ensure systems are being used effectively
Develop system requirements that meet customer requirements and product definitions provided by other departments
Assist in developing and executing system-level test plans to validate that the engineering designs meet customer requirements
- Compile and assist in the presentation of test data collected during design validations to a peer group of engineers
- Contribute to documentation for use in the manufacture, installation, technical support, and training related to the final design
- Support engineering products through entire life cycle

Requirements & Skills 9

5 Years of experience in related field
Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Ability to gather and analyze data and then create clear reports and presentations
- Ability to identify and troubleshoot potential hardware or software performance issues
- Able to efficiently gain expertise on products in a fast-paced environment
- Good organization and planning skills

Job summary 10

The primary purpose of the Applications Engineer position is to work with sales and field technical team members to help lead, define, and implement the technical engagements that support sales campaigns.

Duties & Responsibilities 10

Drive products into customer projects through to adoption by creating methodology and flows; this may include infrastructure and integration into a customer’s environment and the identification of pilot projects for tool use and the debugging and bring-up of new methodologies and flows.
Develop close relationships with customers through as many levels as possible, to be able to assess their technical and business requirements.
Uncover or qualify new opportunities, the technical viability of a lead, and strategize the opportunity clearly with the sales team.
- To share, in a proactive manner, account, evaluation, competitor, technology, and other useful information with peers, sales teams, management, and product divisions to help us to compete more effectively.
- Provide technical leadership for assigned accounts.
- Other reasonable actions not named, which are required by management or leadership.

Requirements & Skills 10

BSEE or BSCS required; MSEE desired.
3 to 5 years of experience as an Applications Engineer or related field.
Digital design experience and RTL coding with Verilog or VHDL or both.
Simulation and verification expertise.
Demonstrated knowledge of Tcl language and programming concepts.
- Command of Microsoft Office products.
- Project management experience.
- Normal office environment.

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