Application Engineering Manager

Take the lead on advanced hydraulic and electro-hydraulic systems while building and developing a high-performing team.

The Application Engineering Manager provides hands-on technical leadership and people management for a multidisciplinary application engineering team. This role leads customer-facing engineering efforts from concept through production while remaining actively involved in the technical execution of complex hydraulic, electro-hydraulic, and control system solutions.

Serving as both a working technical leader and a people manager, this position ensures customer requirements are clearly defined, technically sound, and translated into manufacturable, reliable solutions. The Application Engineering Manager works closely with customers, sales, design, controls, quality, and production teams to deliver systems that meet performance, reliability, and schedule expectations.

This role plays a key part in setting technical standards, strengthening engineering processes, and reinforcing the organization’s reputation as a trusted engineering partner.

• Remain actively engaged in application engineering work, including system architecture, design reviews, troubleshooting, and validation
• Serve as technical lead or co-owner on complex, high-risk, or high-visibility customer projects
• Review and approve system concepts, component selections, schematics, drawings, and technical documentation
• Support prototype and production system development, including test planning, execution, and results review
• Provide hands-on technical guidance during problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization

• Act as a primary technical interface for key customers throughout requirements definition, solution development, and validation
• Partner with sales and applications teams during customer meetings, proposals, and technical presentations
• Ensure customer requirements are clearly documented and translated into robust engineering solutions
• Lead technical escalation management for field issues and customer concerns
• Support system commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting activities at customer sites as needed

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of application engineers
• Balance workloads to support project execution and individual development
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and development planning
• Set clear expectations for technical quality, documentation, and customer responsiveness
• Support onboarding and training of new engineers

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Fluid Power, or a related discipline
• 7 or more years of experience in application engineering, hydraulic systems, or electro-hydraulic integration
• Prior experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Strong understanding of hydraulic systems, controls integration, and customer-specific applications