Applications Engineer

International Search Partners - South Beloit, IL

Full-time

South Beloit, IL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Applications Engineer will join the engineering team to enhance customer processing performance through the application of industry standards and principles related to thermal processing. This role involves developing manufacturable solutions, supporting the sales team with technical expertise, and creating various sales tools to facilitate customer engagement and product understanding.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply industry standards and first-order principles related to thermal processing to real world problems.
• Quickly obtain an expert level understanding of design standards, products, and processes.
• 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.
• Generate new equipment and retrofit proposals.
• Develop working relationships with key components vendors to leverage their expertise.
• Support sales team by serving as a Technical Expert in presentations and understanding customer challenges.
• Develop and present product features, functions, and benefits to the sales team.
• Create 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.

Requirements

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