North America NWC Application Engineer

Position Summary The Senior Application Engineer – Network Components (NWC) is responsible for providing technical and application engineering support across Prysmian’s Network Components business. Based in Highland Heights, this position will support the broader Network Components team, the Lebanon manufacturing facility, and domestic and international production operations. The Application Engineer will report directly to the Network Components Business Leader, ensuring strong alignment between technical priorities, customer requirements, manufacturing capabilities, and the strategic growth objectives of the business.

This role will work closely with Sales, Product Management, R&D/Design Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Manufacturing to support existing business, enable new opportunities, accelerate product development and qualification, resolve technical challenges, and identify product optimization and cost‑saving opportunities. The Application Engineer will serve as a key technical link between the market and Prysmian’s global operations, helping translate customer and business needs into scalable, competitive, and manufacturable solutions that support the continued growth of the Network Components business.

Scope Reporting directly to the Network Components Business Leader (VP Business solution team), the Application Engineer will be an integral member of the NWC business team, providing the technical expertise required to support both current operations and future growth. The position will have broad cross‑functional responsibility, working closely with customers, Sales, Product Management, R&D/Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.

The role will provide direct technical support to the Lebanon facility while also collaborating with domestic and international manufacturing locations to ensure product performance, quality, consistency, and successful industrialization. A key focus of the position will be supporting the growth strategy of the Network Components business. This includes identifying and removing technical barriers to growth, supporting new customer and market opportunities, accelerating product development and qualification, optimizing existing products, and ensuring that manufacturing capabilities are aligned with evolving customer and business requirements.

The Application Engineer will be expected to balance immediate customer and operational priorities with longer‑term product and business development initiatives. Success in this role requires strong technical judgment, commercial awareness, a high level of ownership, and the ability to influence and coordinate activities across a global, matrixed organization.

• Serve as a key technical partner to the Network Components business, supporting strategic growth initiatives, new opportunities, and existing customers.
• Provide timely and technically accurate responses to customer and internal inquiries related to Network Components products and applications.
• Identify and help remove technical barriers that could impact business growth, customer adoption, product launches, or manufacturing execution.
• Partner with Sales and Product Management to understand customer needs and translate them into viable technical and product solutions.
• Support major customer quotations, bids, technical proposals, product qualifications, and new business opportunities.
• Review customer specifications and technical requirements and coordinate with internal teams to ensure product compliance, feasibility, and competitiveness.
• Work closely with HQ R&D and Design Engineering to develop, qualify, optimize, and industrialize new and existing products.
• Support speed‑to‑market initiatives by…