Application Engineer

Location

Troy, MI | United States

Job description

Company Description

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a global Fortune 200 diversified manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking, and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries.   ITW, with approximately 14.1 billion dollars in global revenues, operates 7 major segments with businesses in 57 countries that employ approximately 45,000 women and men. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 16,000 active patents. 

ITW StampTech Fasteners TM, serves the major OEMs and Tier suppliers in the North American automotive market.  The division supplies stamped metal fasteners and engineered fastener assemblies that leverage our deep-draw stamping technologies.  The annual revenue for the division is approximately $174M.  Locations include Gallatin, TN, Lexington, KY & Naugatuck, CT.

The division drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering.  In addition to ITW’s industry leading research and development capabilities, StampTech Fasteners TM enhances our customers’ competitive advantage by:

• Maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in N.A.
• Exchanging product, process, and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide.
• Continually improving processes, material, and designs to ensure every product exceeds customer specifications while providing unparalleled value.

The Application Engineer will reside in the Troy, MI sales office and will report to the Sr. Engineering Manager. This position will be responsible for supporting the sales account managers by means of communicating technical information with the customer and internal product engineers.  This position will involve direct communications with customers to obtain the best solution for opportunities by applying knowledge of engineering principles to develop, design, and validate products.  This role requires some product design experience, but the primary responsibility will be working with the customer to define the application, identify the best solution and communicate the requirements to the product engineering team. 

• Be the “go-to” engineering contact for the sales team for technical training, guidance, and customer engineering needs.
• Attending sales and engineering meetings to support product development at customer locations.
• Identify the needs of the customer and determine if a new product needs to be created or an existing product can be applied to the opportunity.
• Create an initial concept and present it to the customer (ex: CAD) to facilitate further discussion about the opportunity.
• Use engineering methodologies (ex: FEA, DOE, etc) to confirm that the concept will meet or exceed customers’ performance requirements.
• Manage and coordinate project documentation with the Sales Team and transfer projects to the product engineering team through clear communication of customer technical requirements.
• Lead the project through the Develop phase of the APQP process.
• Represent the application engineering team at technical sales visits, trade shows, or conferences.
• Provide technical training opportunities to our internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Benchmark competitor products to monitor market and industry trends.
• Perform basic testing of product testing at the troy office as necessary.
• Support customer launch and post launch improvement activities to reinforce the trusted advisor relationship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Driven and motivates others to excel. Curious to find new opportunities and projects.
• Strong analytical skills coupled with the ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Work efficiently without significant supervision.
• Knowledge and use in 3D Software; SolidWorks preferred.
• Automotive experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with ability and willingness to communicate, and work with other regions.
• <10% travel; primarily domestic and occasionally world-wide.

Additional Information

ITW is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  

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