Application Engineer

The application engineer will use their understanding of sealing systems, components, and elastomeric materials to define and lead customer and sales driven requests for sealing solution designs and estimations. A good understanding of sealing profiles combined with solid customer focused communication skills will be used to quickly drive requested projects from inception to finished product. Good project management and estimation costing skills will be necessary to handle multiple projects while interfacing with key cross functional groups to successfully execute customer’s requests. Strong CAD skills (AutoCAD, Inventor, or SolidWorks) will be used to define product design in addition to having a good understanding of design for manufacturing to balance manufacturability (tolerances) with application requirements. Strong communications skills to work with sales, development engineering, and production will be needed to successfully execute on time solutions to customers while providing key support to review new opportunities with sales, quoting, and development feasibility. As a key driver of NPI, effective communication and tracking of released projects will be performed relative to status and resolution of problems or changes. Added skills of market knowledge and direct experience with key customers in this market space with understanding of effective costs for these elastomer products will be considered a strong benefit to this position.Tasks and ResponsibilitiesDescribe the tasks and responsibilities in more detail. Use bullet points.This role will be responsible for a number of activities. These activities include but are not limited to:Develop & manage project using CAD tools to create product designs and drawings (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor)Development, coordinate and/or manage customer requests (RFQ, Q&A) including support with creation of quotations or proposals working with SalesRisk mitigation using various project management and internally developed toolsObtain an understanding of customers, products and applications to be able to complete feasibility studiesCoordinate technical and commercial reviews, as needed, to ensure project successEnsure all elements of quotation process are captured and delivered on timeEnsure commitments to all project deliverables are completed and on timeEnsure quality and delivery requirements are captured, communicated and completedDevelop, coordinate and/or manage awarded projects (scheduling, risk planning, task management, testing, qualification, Q&A)Support manufacturing as needed, in order to fulfill project deliverablesFacilitate regular meetings (including kick-off meetings) with project stake holders to maintain communication, and project statusRegularly update project tracking and project status documentsAbility to manage multiple projects and tasks at any one timeWork with cross-functional groups to deliver project commitmentsEducation and ExperienceSpecify what level of education is needed (secondary school, technical school, university, master, PHD, etc). Define how many years’ relevant working experience is required and which type of experience.Bachelors degree in technical field or 10+ years of direct industry experienceDirect process and application understanding combined with estimation experiencePolymer product design preferred but direct experience in industry applications will be considered2-D CAD experience or training required. 3-D preferredProject Management exposure or experience preferredMicrosoft Project or Smartsheet experience preferredMicrosoft Office proficiencyTechnical and commercial communication skillsUnderstanding of elastomer material behavior and manufacturing processesKnowledge of APQP NPI processes with polymer experience preferredAbility to travel do some light travel as requiredCompetencesDefine specific competences needed. (Examples: negotiation skills, programming skills, coaching, budgeting, problem solving etc). Look at the Leadership profile.Ability to manage multiple projects at one timeGood problem-solving skillsGood communication skills.Able to work with diverse groupsKey Interfaces and StakeholdersDescribe which interfaces and stakeholders the position will have in the job. (For example outside customers, R&D internally, manager, peers).This position will play a critical role in coordinating between customer and internal stakeholders. Internally, this position will work directly with manufacturing, tooling, quality, sales & development team in addition to leading and coordinating costing estimations.Geography to cover and travel requirementsIndicate if the responsibility is global/international/country/or local. Indicate if travelling or off site work days are required and give an estimation of days per year.There is no territory associated with this position. Travel is local and international.Behavioral CharacteristicsDescribe personality traits important for success in the position. (Examples: flexibility, integrity, creativity, goal orientation, cooperation, initiative taking).This person will coordinate between the customer and many departments and is responsible for on-time delivery of projects. They must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at one time with the ability to lead projects through to an on-time delivery.Optional: Key Performance IndicatorsAdd additional headlines and content if needed.On time NPI and sample deliveryMaintain and secure new project businessNOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.