POSITION: APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
A fully competent applications engineer in all conventional aspects of the subject matter or the functional area of the assignments. Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Devises new approaches to problems encountered. Requires sufficient professional experience to ensure competence as a fully trained worker.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• The Applications Engineers provide customers with the technical resources needed to develop and support applications, and execute product management objectives consistent with the strategic marketing plan.
• Application and Product Support: Ensure that customer applications are adequately provided with engineering support. Recognize key market and product needs and lead cross-functional efforts to meet those needs.
• Support and guide sales staff: Provide sales training. Prepare target account lists and make joint customer visits with sales engineers as warranted. Utilize sales staff and distribution channels to gather market intelligence. Provide product demand forecast as required.
• Product Offerings: Manage product strategies to maximize market position and margin opportunities for target applications.
• New Product Development: Participate on teams with emphasis on launch activities.
• Competitive Intelligence: Responsible for developing and maintaining competitor files relative to current products, and for maintaining competitive position analysis documents. Routinely conduct research on primary competitors to understand their product offering and marketing strategy. Identify and assess new potential competitors in current markets for products.
As an individual researcher or worker, carries out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
• Performs work requiring a broad knowledge of engineering and material precedents in the specialty area and a good knowledge of principles and practices of related specialties.
• Develops new or refined equipment, materials, processes, products, and/or scientific methods.
• Represent the company in a professional manner at all times.
• Identify and report quality problems and action to prevent any non conformities relating to product process and the quality system.
• Responsible to follow departmental procedures and work instructions as written and recommend improvements as necessary.
• Any other task/activity assigned by the supervisor within the scope of the engineering system.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:
Independently performs most assignments with instructions as to the general results expected. Receives technical guidance on unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval and proposed plans for projects.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires a working knowledge of production tools, software, equipment and processes, and a high degree of mechanical aptitude.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires the ability to travel within the United States on short notice. Travel may also include making joint sales calls with Outside Sales personnel and Reps. Travel may be required as much as 15% of the time.

MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, reports, and documents. Ability to effectively present information to management. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires the ability to work in and move around all areas and equipment in the facility. Must be able to lift, push, pull, stoop, bend, climb and stand as the duties and responsibilities of the position dictate.

EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Adequate performance in this position requires a minimum of a 2 year technical degree and or 10 years of progressive work related experience.

We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package.
Please submit a copy of your credentials/resume, indicating the position in which you are interested to:

Email:
jobs@sealingdevices.com

Mail:
Sealing Devices Inc.
4400 Walden Ave.
Lancaster, NY 14086
attn: Human Resources

Fax:
716-651-3465
attn: Human Resources

Thank you.