Application Engineer

Festo Southeast Asia; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 60,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teleworking twice per week

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Festo Southeast Asia is seeking an Application Engineer with a strong electric automation background to act as a technical reference for customers and provide optimal technical consultation and solutions for customer applications with high commercial competitiveness.

You will leverage electric automation knowhow to work closely with the sales team and drive Electric Automation business expansion by uncovering potential opportunities and identifying business prospects.

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 3–4 years’ experience in factory automation and commissioning of PLCs, electrical drives, and motors.
• Knowledge of electric automation, including PLCs, Motion, Drives, and fieldbus systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical consultant in electric automation for customers.
• Perform feasibility studies and integrate solutions into the customer's control environment.
• Lead complex motion tasks using electric drives.
• Support pre‑sales to post‑installation commissioning and ensure a smooth user experience.
• Proactively drive growth by identifying opportunities with sales and planning accounts.
• Organize training and workshops to raise awareness and competency in electric automation.

Education

Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLC

OMRON PLC

EtherCAT

Profinet

Job description

Festo is a global family-owned company headquartered in Germany. For many years Festo has been providing innovations for factory automation and offers a wide product and service portfolio – from individual components to complex customized solutions and systems. As a family-owned company, we take responsibility for our actions globally and locally. We actively contribute to the quality of life and conservation of resources by majoring on cutting-edge technologies and knowledge as well as life-long learning. We are present in over 176 countries and collaborate in a network of over 15 development locations worldwide.

Role Description

We are looking for an Application Engineer with a strong electric automation background who actsas atechnical reference figure to customer, providing best technical consultation and solutions to customer applications with high commercial competitiveness. Leveraging the electric automation knowhow to work closely with sales team and proactively drive Electric Automation business expansion by uncovering potential and identifying business opportunities.

What you will do

• Work as a technical expertise/consultant in electric automation to customer and guide to a system conceptual solution combining different technologies to fulfil customer requirements.
• Perform feasibility studies by means of sample setups, simulations or calculations, and integrate application solutions into the customer's control environment.
• Responsible for the implementation of complex motion tasks using electric drives.
• Hold end-to-end accountability to support customer from pre-sales solution proposal to post-sales commissioning advisory, remote or onsite, to ensure a smooth user experience.
• Proactively drive further growth in Electric Automation: Create new opportunities in focus customers from a team pairing approach with salesperson and lead electric automation account planning.
• Support salesperson in defining the right price and conditions for a solution based on the value add.
• Organize training and workshops, for internal and external, to elevate the awareness and competency in electric automation.

Requirements

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 – 4 years’ experience in the field of factory automation application, relating to commissioning of PLC, electrical drives, and motor.
• Knowhow of electric automation: PLCs, Motion, Drives, Fieldbus system (EtherCAT, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, OPC UA, etc.), PC based programming languages, and selection of electric actuators.
• Programming experiences of common PLC brands, preferably Siemens and OMRON.
• Candidate with proficient knowhow and understanding in the market players of electric automation on their product range, features, and unique selling points would be a bonus.

What you can expect from us:

• You will be joining a German multinational with national and global prestige, recognized as a technological.
• Leader in the market of components and solutions for industrial automation.
• The reconciliation of family and professional life is important to us, which is why we have implemented teleworking twice/week.
• You will be able to have a broad vision of the business through participation in transversal projects in which, in addition to learning, you will be able to contribute.
• Continuous improvement through training and professional development opportunities.
• Working in a good working environment. We are looking for people with a proactive attitude, a desire to learn, a spirit of self-improvement, a capacity for work and determination in decision-making.