Senior Applications Engineer

Allient Inc. is a global and publicly traded company with over 2200 employees at 26 locations in 11 countries. The Senior Applications Engineer conducts and engages in diversified customer motion control applications to determine the requirements needed related to more complex and large-scale production including motors, drives, gearboxes, and other Allient Inc. products. This individual will also serve as a liaison between Allient Inc. and its customers, distributors, and reps across multiple locations and markets. Apply now!

Responsibilities:

• Consults with the Solution Center and sales personnel and/or customers’ engineering personnel to obtain and analyze engineering requirements, available data and other preliminary matters pertinent to the inquiry or sale.
• Responds to more complex technical questions regarding the organization’s products, systems or services
• Prepares cost estimates for quotations in conjunction with manufacturing engineering or from available data.
• Serves as a liaison to obtain and provide engineering specifications and related information, expedite material requisitions and production work orders.
• Provides technical assistance to interpret, analyze and resolve procurement, manufacturing, installation and field operating problems.
• Oversees product installation and trial operations, analyzes and resolves operating and other field problems related to customer installations.
• Prepares reports, maintains records, files and a references library incidental to application of products. Keeps informed of new developments in relation to engineering fields as they relate to division’s products.
• Coaches and mentors less experienced engineers and technicians

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Electrical, Master’s degree preferred
• 8 or more years of experience in a technical, manufacturing environment with heavy sales interaction
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Solid computer skills include MS Office, engineering design software such as Solidworks, MatLab, Altium, etc

Work Environment:

• Predominately office environment with occasional exposure to the production floor and development lab.
• While on the production floor, employee may be subjected to moving mechanical parts and may be required to put on precautionary, protective wear such as safety glasses.
• Some travel required.

*To learn more about Allient, visit our website at www.Allient.com

*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual's race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law or legally protected status.