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Senior Applications Engineer
Employment Type:
Direct
Category: Electrical Engineer, Other Area(s)
Job Number: 10892
Pay Rate: $80,000 to $110,000
Job Description
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, product development, or technical sales
- Experience with ITS systems, transportation industry not required but a plus
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, and design-for-assembly
- Electromechanical skillset
- Proficient engineering documentation, and BOM management
- Problem-solving, cost modeling abilities and good communication.
- Familiar with general business software (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Understanding of routings, applying overhead rates (e.g., machine vs. labor), and ensuring accurate cost modeling to drive financial accountability.
- Solidworks background not required but a plus
Responsibilities:
- Maintain expert level of product knowledge and application.
- Prepares cost estimates by studying blueprints, plans and related customer documents; consulting with engineers and customers, sales and production to determine those components required to meet a client’s specification.
- Responds to and writes functional and technical elements of project submittal package and outlines compliance to required specifications.
- Maintain accurate records of target accounts, opportunities, quotes, projects, contracts and correspondence in company provided databases.
- Develop technical specifications, training material, instructions as required. Articulate technology to both business and technical users.
- Resolve customer issues or difficulties in a manner that is consistent with TAPCO mission, values and financial objectives.
- Provide design and technical development support to consultants, distributors, customers/end users.
- Follows all Company rules, policies and procedures. Complies with federal, state and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; advising customers on product, service or equipment adherence to requirements; advising customers on needed actions.
- Contributes to engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives.