Sales Application Engineer

Power Solutions International - Darien, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Darien, WI

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Sales Application Engineer coordinates with the Sales team to develop conceptual designs for proposals and projects. This role is expected to serve as the expert for developing preliminary designs, and assist with cost estimates. Focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex design requests from the customer that would be utilized by design engineering. Works within a team focused on system, process, and design efficiency improvement goals. Identifies areas of improvement for projects and tasks related to application and design engineering. Supports various engineering level development tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivering the highest value solutions by analyzing the project specifications, proposal documents, and associated costs to create a robust conceptual design solution.
• Ensures that the product is designed to meet the needs of design engineering development teams (Electrical and Mechanical).
• Assists in creating and executing implementation plans including schedule, budget required, and projected cost savings for efficiency/product improvement projects.
• Achieves project/group goals and adheres to approved budgets.
• Demonstrated success developing designs in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and equivalent software.
• Assist sales and design engineering teams in customer calls on an as need basis.
• Interface with the cross-functional team to understand and communicate technical requirements.
• Contact vendors to request specification information and quotes for analysis.
• Pivot, solve problems, and identify creative solutions based on the customer requirements.
• Reviews special request parts and scopes out non-catalog solutions.
• All other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering with at least 3 years of experience, or Associate Degree with at least 5 years of experience in a technical field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in a collaborative work environment including internal and external customer communication.
• Excellent organization, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt and change based on project needs.
• Extensive knowledge of engineering development and product lifecycle.
• Is familiar or worked with UL, CUL or any other compliance agencies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with mechanical and electrical systems, and the ability to integrate systems modeling and AutoCAD software.
• Familiarity with drafting mechanical and electrical components.
• Knowledge or interest in advanced analytics used to generate meaningful insight from cloud data sources is a plus.
• Ability to lead technical discussions around a given objective.