Application Engineer - Hyderabad

SKF India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF India is seeking an Application Engineer to manage technical relationships with customers and distributors from Hyderabad. The role focuses on developing and delivering customized solutions, performing application reviews, and presenting proposals with clear technical specifications.

You will translate customer needs into actionable engineering concepts and collaborate with Product/Competence centers to guide new offerings.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering knowledge relevant to design/application engineering and maintenance.
• Experience working with OE/end users.
• Result-driven mindset and willingness to win.
• Decisive action with clarity in execution.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Experience in solution selling to customers.
• Basic understanding of distributor logistics.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical relationships with customers (OE/EU) or distributors.
• Contribute to opportunity generation and develop customized value-added solutions.
• Develop and implement customized solutions and offerings.
• Develop analytical methods and interpret results from engineering software to create customer value.
• Perform application reviews on complex machines and equipment.
• Create application proposals and solutions per customer requirements with clear technical details.

Skills

Mechanical Eng

OE End users

Result driven

Decisive action

Stakeholder management

Team management

Solution selling

Distributor logistics

Education

BE/BTech

Job description

Job Description

Position Title: Application Engineer

Reports To: Application Engineering Manager

Role Type: Individual Contribution

Location: Hyderabad

Job Responsibilities

• To be responsible for managing technical relational with Customers (OE/EU) or Distributors.
• Contribute to opportunity generation and create customized value-added solutions.
• To contribute substantially in the development and implementation of customized solutions and other unique offerings
• To develop analytical methods, interpret and verify results from application engineering software s to create value for customers
• To perform Application Reviews on complex machines and equipment
• To create application engineering proposals and customized solutions according to customer requirements and present to customer concisely with the application concept, design, and technical specifications.
• Monitor competitor activities in respect of products and technical development and define SKF actions plan to counter those.
• Work on customer key pain areas and develop solutions that can improve performance and result in business for SKF.
• To evaluate technical requirements and common trend in the market and provide feedback to SKF Product/ Application Competence Centers to steer new product/service design and development.
• To demonstrate, develop and transfer advanced engineering knowledge and expertise, on a high level, according to requirements in own field of work.
• To identify and develop customer needs, providing high level of creativity (develop Application Specific/ Services Offering based on product performance capabilities).
• To represent SKF and market products and services at customers and institutions through visits, presentations, seminars, and fairs.
• To develop and perform Root Cause Analysis of bearing related problems, also in new types of applications.
• To develop and execute internal and external trainings, act as a trainer and develop training material
• Ensure that the technical details of customer s requirements, needs, and pain area are identified, compiled, recorded, and analyzed.
• Obtain customer s product approvals in line with application proposals, product drawings, sample submitted and completed sample tests.
• Monitor customer approval tests conducted on prototypes/initial samples at customer s premises/installations.
• Manage the portfolio of customer/technology related product development program for optimal profit
• Maintain close relationship with customer s engineering management. Represent the voice of customer during Design FMEA & Process FMEA.

Skill Set

• Mechanical Engineering Domain Knowledge- relevant work experience in Design/Application Engineering/Maintenance
• Experience of handling or working with OE/ End users.
• Result driven and passion to win
• Think and act decisively, and with clarity.
• Collaboration and Managing Internal and External Stakeholders.
• Team management
• Solution selling
• Basic understanding of logistics at a distributor point

KPIs

• No of New Solutions (New Market Offer / Engineered to Order/Application specific Offer) introduced in the Segment
• No of Industry visibility activities done - conduct technical forums/ seminars with customer.
• No of internal trainings for the SKF customer
• Documented solutions for the customer.
• Failure s modes of application and probable solutions

Education & Experience

• B.E / B. Tech (Mandatory)
• Experience of 5-8 years in Application engineering with bearing background
• Industry -Bearing industry