Applications Engineer - Mobile Hydraulics
Step into a Chicago-area Sales Engineering role where you can blend hydraulics knowledge, portfolio ownership, and customer-facing strategy inside an established advanced fluid power systems business.
About us
Founded decades ago and operating globally, we are a manufacturer of advanced fluid power systems serving mobile and industrial equipment markets. Our teams support customers with engineered hydraulic solutions including manifolds, cartridge valves, filtration, and motion control technologies. We emphasize technical depth, collaboration between sales and engineering, and long-term customer partnerships built on practical system expertise.
Why join us
- High-visibility role tied directly to a core mobile hydraulics product family
- Strong blend of technical product work and commercial strategy
- Direct interaction with sales, applications engineering, leadership, and customers
- Opportunity to influence roadmap, portfolio direction, and market growth
- Chicago-area team presence with one hybrid day built in
About the role
This role is built for a technically grounded Product Manager who understands hydraulic systems and can own a directional valve portfolio from a market, product, and customer strategy standpoint. The right person will be able to speak credibly with customers, guide internal teams on where the portfolio should go, and help position current and future product offerings against application needs in the mobile equipment space.
Responsibilities
- Own a mobile directional valve portfolio and act as the commercial and strategic leader for that product family
- Understand what the portfolio can do today, where it needs to evolve, and how to connect product capability to customer demand, sales opportunities, and application strategy
Location
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Schedule
Primarily onsite, typically 4 days in office with 1 hybrid day
Travel
Moderate travel (30-40% weekday travel max for customer visits, sales support, and market engagement. This would be equivalent to up to 2 weeks per month of M-W or M-Th travel, however there will also be times where you won't travel for back-to-back months).
Pay
$105,000 - $130,000 per year with annual bonus and benefits