Principal Applications Engineer

About the role

Airgas Inc. seeks a Principal Applications Engineer to support the organization in completing the job duties outlined below. Must include job code R10089521 on resume and cover letter.

Responsibilities

• Provide project, applications and equipment engineering support for a designated applications area, or multiple areas within AES.
• Work with engineering project teams and provide technical expertise to the organization.
• Develop and implement engineering solutions for the organization, work on technical projects, and design, develop, and implement engineering solutions.
• Understand technical processes for specific industrial gas applications and diagnose and develop a value proposition utilizing Airgas solutions and equipment to these specific applications, primarily in metal thermal treatment ("heat treat"), metallurgy, combustion, additive manufacturing, metal forming, and powder metal.
• Offer proactive technical sales support and business development to Airgas’s regional sales groups using individual’s process knowledge, industry experience, and applications background.
• Participate in new product/application identification and development, plan engineering strategies, determine department goals, and create implementation plans. Implement process improvements.
• Give white papers or write articles based on expertise in the domain and rely on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish goals with a high degree of a mechanical mindset.
• Find lead through business development techniques and prepare and present technical and value-based proposals to Airgas prospects/customers.
• Be involved in all aspects of customer relationship from initial contact, customer/prospect problem identification, applications/equipment selection, data analysis, equipment/system development and proposal, equipment specification/manufacturing, on-site start-up, and long-term customer support and application marketing.
• Interface internally with regional account managers, bulk gas specialists, equipment engineers, and marketing and externally with customers and equipment vendors.
• Develop and leverage a technical network inside and outside of Airgas, at the national and international level.
• Create training material and conduct training sessions for internal and external customers and may assist in the development, oversight, and training of Equipment Engineers and Applications Engineers, mentor Junior Engineers as well as mentor National or International stakeholders globally.
• Project expertise in the domain and provide expert advice to other engineers.
• Patent development or other intellectual property for Airgas.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum Experience: 60 months of relevant experience with technical sales of gas applications solutions and equipment to the metal treatment and metal processing industry.
• Travel requirements: 50% domestic travel.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong understanding of technical processes for specific industrial gas applications, particularly in metal thermal treatment ("heat treat"), metallurgy, combustion, additive manufacturing, metal forming, and powder metal.
• Experience in providing technical sales support and business development to regional sales groups.
• Proven ability to identify and develop new products/applications and implement process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate technical information to customers and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a focus on achieving departmental goals.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to diagnose and develop value propositions for specific applications.
• Experience in developing and delivering training materials and conducting training sessions.
• Knowledge of patent development and intellectual property management.

Skills

• Technical Sales
• Applications Engineering
• Process Diagnosis
• Value Proposition Development
• Training and Development
• Patent Development

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pre-tax Commuter Transportation Benefit
• Parental Leave
• Vacation, Sick Time, Floating Holidays
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Airgas Scholarship Program for Dependent Children

Pay

$165,000.00 to $185,000.00

Schedule

Full-time

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, EAP, commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company matching funds.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents.
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Contact Information

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter with job code R10089521. Please note that Airgas Inc. will not accept resumes from third-party vendors. Any resumes received from an agency through this website will be considered free of any fees or changes.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.