Applications Engineer jobs in Rockford, IL

Applications Engineer

Position Description: Looking for an Applications Engineer to join our engineering team. Responsibilities include:

• Understand and apply industry standards and first-order principles related to thermal processing to real world problems with the aim of improving customer’s processing performance.

• Quickly obtain an expert level understanding of design standards, products, and processes and develop manufacturable thermal processing solutions and concepts utilizing Solidworks and Excel.

• Develop sales drawings from concepts as needed.

• Develop cost estimates for concepts, modified, and standardized products.

• Generated new equipment and retrofit proposals.

• Develop working relationships with key components vendors in order to leverage their expertise as needed.

• Support sales team by serving as a Technical Expert in the presentation of concepts, understanding customer challenges, and suggesting opportunities for improvement.

• Support sales team by developing and presenting product features, functions, and benefits.

• Develop sales tools, including: Datasheets, ROI calculators, Proposal Generation Tools, Quote Templates Product presentations, Application Notes, and Product Roadmap Presentations.

• Identify gaps in equipment / options offering to primary markets.

• Remain current in machinery trends and technical developments affecting target markets.

Qualifications

• General knowledge of electrical/mechanical machinery, preferably in the heat processing or related industry is required.

• BSME and 2-5 years relevant technical experience or equivalent demonstrable skills in place of BSME.

• Experience in applications engineering specific to capital equipment.

• Understanding of the heat processing or other capital equipment industry.

• Proven ability to develop technical requirements into tangible concepts and products

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Basic understanding of sales negotiations.

• Basic cost accounting skills.

• Ability to work in teams and individually.

• Working knowledge of electrical/mechanical machinery.

• Knowledge of manufacturing engineering procedures.

• Intermediate test and debug skills in hardware, software, and mechanics.

• Strong written communications skills, including engineering test procedure, plans, reports and operating manuals.