Application Engineer

nVent; Anoka (MN); On-site; USD 89,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

nVent is seeking an experienced Application Engineer to support Hoffman products, collaborating with sales, engineering, and estimation teams to translate customer needs into effective electrical solutions.

You will participate in meetings, develop proposal content, and contribute to product documentation and training materials. Occasional travel is required to support customer implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in application engineering or a technical customer-facing role.
• Experience in industrial or infrastructure markets.
• Proficiency with industrial control equipment (DCS, LV/MV, switchgear).
• Ability to craft drawings/layouts and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Review RFPs, specs, emails, and drawings to map solutions to products.
• Provide technical assistance to customers, sales, engineering, and estimating teams.
• Attend customer meetings, site visits, and kick-off meetings.
• Translate customer challenges into product solutions and buyer tools.
• Ensure quotes are technically compliant and well-documented.

Skills

Technical communication

Customer-facing

Engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

DCS Systems

LV/MV Switchgear

Relays & MCCs

VFDs

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

This position supporting Hoffman products presents an outstanding chance to join a top-notch team driving innovation and exceptional execution. You will collaborate closely with our sales team, providing your technical expertise to ensure the successful implementation of customer solutions. Your role will play a vital part in delivering outstanding results, from the initial proposal strategy meetings to the final project handoff.

What You Will Experience In This Position

• Review RFPs, specifications, email communications, and drawings to align solution and product compliance.
• Provide technical assistance to customers, sales managers, engineering, and estimating teams with product selection and competitive cross-references.
• Participate in key customer meetings, including site visits, presentations, proposal clarifications, and project kick-off meetings.
• Convert customer challenges into product solutions through feature mapping, selection tools, and content that informs buyer decisions.
• Ensure technical compliance and accuracy in quotes and develop compelling proposal documents and customer value propositions.
• Support new product development, product introductions, and product improvements by analyzing and presenting product development needs internally.
• Lead creation of user documentation, such as whitepapers, specification guides, and application training tools, with the intent of broadening knowledge of customers and internal partners.

You Have

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field of study
• 5+ years of related experience in application engineering or a related technical customer-facing role
• Experience in the industrial or infrastructure market in a technical role
• Proficiency or experience with Industrial control equipment such as DCS Systems, LV/MV Switchgear, Relay Panels, MCCs, or VFDs preferred
• Expertise in crafting drawing layouts and collaborating on multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong product presentation, communication skills, and technical competence
• Outstanding customer service and follow-up capabilities
• Willingness to travel occasionally

We Have

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
• nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world’s most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
• Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
• We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
• Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
• Innovative & adaptable
• Dedicated to absolute integrity
• Focused on the customer first
• Respectful and team oriented
• Optimistic and energizing
• Accountable for performance
• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range

$89,300.00 - $165,800.00

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.