Application Engineer

• Develop and prepare cost estimates, quotations, bids, and supporting analyses for new and existing products
• Review requirements and estimate inputs to identify missing information, unclear scope, assumptions, technical risks, cost drivers, schedule impacts, and items requiring customer or internal clarification.
• Communicate onthe estimate basis, open items, assumptions, exclusions, risks, and key cost drivers during quote and opportunity reviews.
• Support sales volume, pricing, and standard margin forecasts and help evaluate price changes, share opportunities, and market conditions.
• Serve as a liaison to obtain and provide engineering specifications and related information and assist with expediting material requisitions and production work orders as appropriate.
• Ensure customers and sales teams have current prints, product configurations, quotation assumptions, and pricing information for quoted products.
• Engage customers, distributors, representatives, agents, the Solution Center, and Regional Sales Managers to understand application needs and quote requirements.
• Collect and evaluate technical and commercial inputs, including drawings, specifications, product configuration, volumes, timing, operating conditions, qualification needs, and customer expectations.
• Prepare planning estimates and detailed itemized estimates using drawings, specs, bills of materials, labor assumptions, tooling needs, manufacturing requirements, testing, and other cost factors.
• Provide technical assistance to interpret, analyze, and resolve procurement, manufacturing, installation, trial operation, and field application issues.
• Support quoting and applications activity for regulated or contract-driven markets, including aerospace, medical device, DoD, ITAR-controlled, and government contract environments.
• Ensure estimates consider applicable first article, material traceability, customer-specific documentation, testing, qualification, and validation requirements.

• Coordinate with the appropriate internal stakeholders so customer-sensitive, ITAR-controlled, export-controlled, or government contract information is handled according to company procedures.

  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Electrical. A related technical degree with equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Three or more years of experience in applications engineering, quoting, estimating, cost analysis, technical sales support, manufacturing support, commercial operations, program support, or a related technical-commercial role.
• Experience developing or supporting cost estimates, quotations, bids, customer proposals, or application solutions for technical manufactured products and systems.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, customer specifications, technical procedures, statements of work, bills of material, business documents, professional journals, and applicable governmental or regulatory requirements.
• Strong ability to collect, organize, validate, and communicate information from customers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and familiarity with ERP/MRP, quoting, estimating, engineering documentation, reporting, or CRM systems.

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