Applications Engineer

About the role

Who we are: Circuit Check is a global leader in test systems and engineering solutions for complex electronics. We’re seeking an Applications Engineer to support our growing portfolio of functional and in-circuit test solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical sales and application proposals (includes quoting, presentation, high level system design, technical ability to select solutions, proposal writing) to customers, management, and engineering staff in support of custom functional test system sales.
• Works with engineers, clients and suppliers to interpret product specifications
• Develops detailed design configurations, detailed costing, and quotations for engineered product and engineered product sales.
• Participate in pricing strategy with Sales/Management to create a technical bidding proposal
• Make occasional on-site visits to clients to gain insight, gather technical data, and provide guidance in the application of complex system proposals
• Collaborate with Management to ensure project margin goals are obtained
• Transfers project scope details to the project team upon award of business
• Effectively documents all contact with each customer to keep appropriate personnel apprised of current status
• Uses existing approved proposal format to modify for ROM, budgetary and build to print opportunities
• Provides proposal presentation support to Management/Sales
• May generate CAD concepts for the proposals when needed
• Maintain a technical understanding of CCI products/services and an awareness of product developments by other manufacturers
• Interface and maintain a positive business relationship with customers, Sales and all CCI personnel
• May be required to regularly report on the status of all customer support, quotation support, and application sales support projects
• Absists as needed with internal technical coordination

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience in an electronics manufacturing or engineering services firm
• 3+ years of related engineering work experience
• Experience applying automated functional test development products is necessary

Qualifications

• Electrical and Mechanical technical competency to effectively provide sales and application support
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with all stakeholders, project team members, management, clients, etc.
• Ability to present proposals
• Solid analytical skills; able to resolve very complex technical problems with innovative solutions
• Capacity to deal with a high workload and deadline pressure
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Requires a strong initiative, proactive nature and a sense of urgency
• Ability to occasionally travel to client locations for meetings (less than 5%)
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary to meet deadlines
• Maintains confidentiality and security of intellectual property (CUI-ITAR, Prototype)
• Working with ERP (IFS)

Skills

• Physical Requirements: Majority of time is spent in usual office working conditions; Ability to sit for extended lengths of time is required; bend, reach, crouch, and twist as required; Majority of time is spent using a computer for completing work; Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.

Pay

The salary range is $85,000 - $105,000 per year. Compensation includes base salary and performance-based quarterly profit sharing. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including work location, relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. The listed range represent the full earning potential in this position. Starting salaries for well-qualified new hires are typically around the midpoint of the range.

Schedule

Individuals hired for this position will have a flexible schedule that may require occasional evening and weekend work as needed.