Application Engineer

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

Precision Hydraulic Cylinders is committed to providing comprehensive design, service, and support to OEM’s during all phases of development, testing, and production to ensure smooth integration and superior product performance.

As leading providers of a wide variety of hydraulic cylinders, we operate within a global marketplace. Offering all our OEM clients a customized solution, we pride ourselves on being able to tailor what we do to meet the changing needs of our clients. Whether you need a change in volume or a tighter deadline, we will always do our utmost to get the job done to the highest possible standard.

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are seeking an Application Engineer who can bridge the gap between the Product Engineering, Sales, Sourcing, and Production teams across Leggett & Platt Hydraulics (LPH) to help develop, improve, and grow our business. LPH has built a reputation as a world-class hydraulic cylinder manufacturer through our superior quality control and innovation. LPH is a leading supplier of hydraulic cylinders for material handling, construction, agriculture, transportation markets, and heavy construction.

If you join our team, your work will ensure customers across the world have high-quality products they can use to keep their businesses running.

This role reports to the Application Engineering Manager. As an Application Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with OEM customers to identify design and manufacturing improvement opportunities, in addition to supporting our product development program.

Your contributions will have a direct impact on the business by expanding our customer base and fulfilling their unique needs.

The team you will be working with is laid-back but hard-working and values creative innovation and continuous improvement.

So, what will you be doing as an Application Engineer?

Customer Integration:
Analyze specific customer requirements and site conditions, offering tailored technical solutions or suitable product configurations.

Technical Cost Analysis:
Review specific customer inquiries and analyze the material, labor, burden costs, and potential capital investment needs. This analysis will require an in-depth technical understanding of product design structure, function, manufacturing processes, and the capabilities of each site.

Product Analysis:
Perform a detailed cost analysis for new (or existing) product inquiries. This will be critical for the sales team to determine which business opportunities to pursue, and the level of investment required.

Feedback & Product Iteration:
Translate user feedback and field issues into actionable insights for the core product engineering, helping to drive future product redesigns.

After-Market Technical Support:
Interface with the customer to understand their technical needs versus the company's ability to meet such requirements.

Smart Cylinders:
Maintain costing for structured configurable cylinders with sensor applications.

VAVE Projects:
Evaluate and identify “Value Analysis / Value Engineering” opportunities globally while closely…