Application Engineer

SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Sales & Applications Engineer Manager support sales in the generation of proposals by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Using customer specifications generate design layouts for new web processing lines.
Clarify project RFQ scope requirements accomplished through scheduled meetings with sales and/or the customer.
Review customer specifications.
Perform process development testing: develop product specific test procedures and set-up test apparatus. Interface with manufacturing and Quality Assurance (QA) to ensure proper test set-up. Generate and present test reports.
Perform engineering calculations. This would include product heating/cooling load calcs, recirculation air calcs, strength of materials calcs, transmission calcs.
Research and qualify vendor/manufacturer components for concept designs. Schedule vendor product demonstrations under manager approval.
Generate 2D sales drawings and/or SolidWorks models of equipment/system concepts as wells as supporting ancillary components.
Generate budgetary and firm project costs with competitive price considerations in mind to include base equipment pricing, optional pricing such as integrated systems, international shipping, and equipment installation.
Minimal travel may be required to a customer’s facility in order to support the sales effort

QUALIFICATIONS:
Engineering degree (B.S.) preferred or alternately a Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proficient in Solidworks, Draftsight, Microsoft Word and Excel.
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