Application Engineer

1 month ago


McHenry, United States WEG Electric Corp. Full time

Application Engineer - Commercial Gears

Department: Motors

Location: Mchenry, IL

WEG Electric Corp. has an excellent opportunity for an Application Engineer - Commercial Gears. You will learn customer applications and technical requirements to leverage WEG`s value proposition, promoting sustainable growth and differentiated customer experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the technical liaison for commercial gear and DC motor customers, by translating customer requirements, drawings, specifications and RFQs into product solutions that meet customer and business needs.

  • Coordinate expertise and recommend solutions from cross-functional teams to application and performance problems related to DC motors, gearmotors and gearbox applications in the commercial gearing field.

  • Interact with sales team and customers on complex applications to translate customer requirements into product specification and provide valued technical proposals.

  • Provide input to leadership team on commercial gear applications, customer requirements to design and/or improve products considering manufacturability, quality, reliability, and cost.

  • Solve problems with a thorough understanding of tradeoffs in problem solving to drive optimized designs.

  • Act as the subject matter expert in product solutions at customer sites and serve as the main point of contact between our customer-s engineering team and the WEG DC product and gear engineering team.

  • Support routine product introductions, deviations, sample development and new product introductions.

  • Provide leadership and timely resolution to outstanding customer issues.

  • Lead or support internal qualification efforts on customer impacting design changes and transition projects. Conduct competitive analysis on other manufacturers- motors.

  • Support business with other tasks as needed.

Education

  • Bachelor-s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent related experience.

Candidate Requirements:

  • Ability to successfully manage multiple projects.

  • Skilled in organizing, prioritizing, and coordinating working relationships with all levels of personnel within and outside the organization.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  • Self-motivated, strong customer-focused behavior

  • Familiarity with the gear, gearmotor, DC motor and/or similar industry.

  • Proficiency with MS Office (Excel / Word / Power Point)

  • Willingness to travel as needed (20% ~ 30%) in the US.

About WEG Electric Corp.

WEG is the largest industrial electric motor manufacturer in the Americas and one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in the world producing more than 21 million units annually. Founded in 1961, WEG operates mainly in the sector of capital goods, having five main businesses: Motors, Energy, Automation, Coatings Transmission & Distribution, providing global solutions for electric motors, variable frequency drives, soft starters, controls, panels, transformers, and generators. The US corporate office is located in Duluth, GA with manufacturing units in Minnesota, Indiana and Missouri with over 30 thousand employees worldwide. Visit our website to learn more: www.weg.net

We offer a pleasant work environment, competitive compensation and full benefits package. To Apply: All candidates must submit an updated resume and complete our application in order to be considered for this position. Must be authorized to work in the United States. WEG does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran, or other protected status.



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