Application Engineer

General Purpose of Position

The Application Engineer is the primary technical sales liaison between BTM and the customers and distributors. The purpose of the Application Engineer is to understand the customer’s functional problem and to provide a quote to solve the problem. The quote will often be machinery or tooling, using the data provided by the customer and the Application Engineers’ knowledge of BTM products and practices

• Correspond with the customer to determine their functional problem
• Track all active quotes within the quote log
• Collect and organize all customer information in the quote folder
• Utilize technical knowledge and experience to create conceptual solutions to customer problems
• Utilize CAD and/or other methods to illustrate conceptual solutions
• Concept special machines for customer-specific applications, utilizing BTM core competencies whenever possible
• Concept and modify BTM standard units and customer-specific applications
• Price out concepts
• Create quotes for the customer in the BTM quote format
• Process POs into the BTM ERP system
• Kick-off won quotes to the BTM project team
• Discuss quotes regularly at meetings with the Director of Applications Engineering, as well as with other teams, including upper management
• Be present at lessons learned meetings to review previously won quotes
• Represent BTM in a technical sales capacity, including but not limited to:
  Presentations, Phone interface, Email, Person-to-person interaction, Trade shows, or demonstrations on BTM’s behalf
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism with internal and external customers
  Travel as required
• Follow all company QMS requirements
• Perform other duties and tasks as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor

Experienced in one or more of the following areas.

• Experienced machinist or machine builder
• Previous application experience
• Graduate engineer or equivalent
• Ability to learn all aspects of Tog-L-Loc. processes and tooling
• Ability to discuss aspects of piercing, processes, and tooling
• Ability to understand automation machinery relating to BTM’s core competencies
• Mathematical ability at the level required to perform engineering functions
• Excellent reasoning ability for on-the-job problem solving
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Self-directed and driven
• MS Suite competency
• Can work well as a team
• Can work well as an individual
• Willing to travel as required – has a passport or the ability to get one
• Can sit up to 90% of the day

• High School Diploma.
• GED equivalency

• Trade school or apprenticeship
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant Engineering field, or 5+ years of relevant experience

BTM is committed to equal opportunity. All employment practices, such as hiring, promotion, and compensation of employees, are conducted without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, height, weight, and misdemeanor arrest record, or age or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. This includes prohibiting unlawful discrimination against those associated with or perceived to belong to any of the protected classes, whether or not the employee actually falls into such class.

The Company’s EOE practices are upheld in every location that it operates and in all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, recruiting, placement, duties, transfer, promotion, compensation, discipline, facilities, termination, layoff, recall, training, leaves of absence, and all other terms and conditions of employment. In respecting and valuing the diversity among our employees, and all those with whom we do business, Managers, Supervisors, and Directors are expected to ensure a working environment that is free of all forms of discrimination and harassment.