Applications Engineer

Are you a motivated individual seeking a new and exciting opportunity? Do you want to work in a supportive environment with room to grow? Do you want great pay and benefits while also having a good work/life balance? Then we want YOU! We are looking to add a motivated Applications Engineer to our growing team. This role is responsible for providing the solution for customer and division requirements and specifications in a timely and cost-effective manner by applying expertise and intiative and available resources to ensure that product designs are proper for the application, well conceived, adequately documented, and sufficiently tested to provide consistent, quality products to our customers.

The successful candidate can sit in either our Waterbury, CT location or our Milford, NH location.

On any given day, your responsibilities would include:

• Providing product, process, and application engineering analysis and support to customers and manufacturing plants for division products.
• Engaging with customers to help them define new products and uncover opportunities for future product development.
• Applying basic engineering principles and analysis to the resolution of technical problems; performing devleopment, design, and analysis of new products; providing design validation testing for all new products.
• Reviewing, interpreting and acting on customer provided specifications and drawings and converting into divisional format; establishing dimensional, mechanical, and electrical performance criteria and parameters.
• Establishing and modifying test limits and methods that adequately ensure product performance compliance.
• Supporting marketing and field sales colleagues by providing and coordinating requests for quotes, application and design assistance, and customer visits.
• Responsibility for accurate and timely completion of Requests for Engineering Action (REA’s).
• Analyzing, recommending and applying new engineering technologies and software for design; intiating and providing design support to other groups within engineering; reviewing and validating the impact of suggested modifications to products; processing Engineering Change Notices (ECN’s) and Deviations as required.
• Evaluating and recommending component parts, materials, and processes as related to improved product performance, quality, and profitability.
• Coordinating new designs and product engineering efforts with drafting, marketing, field sales, manufacturing engineering and general management.
• Providing customer or in-house technical training in areas of technical specialization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• 3-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of manufacturing methods and techniques and background in electromechanical technology.
• A pro-active, self-directed work style that thrives in dynamic environments.
• Strong personal accountability and a high level of enthusiasm.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to reach out across department boundaries for information and skill sets.
• Two years’ experience with MS Office Suite
• Solidworks experience is a plus.
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally.

Haydon, Kerk and Pittman are three world class AMETEK brands that supply advanced linear and rotary motion solutions to a diverse mix of global customers. We are recognized as a leading manufacturer of brushed and brushless DC motors, stepper motor based linear actuators, precision Acme lead screw and anti-backlash nut assemblies, linear rail and guide systems, gear motors, drives and complete custom automation sub-systems.