Application Engineer

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants; Salem (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants seeks an Applications Engineer – Mechanical Systems for its Greater Boston area team. This commercially focused role sits between Engineering and Sales, translating customer needs into technical solutions and quotes.

You will support precision mechanical systems used with sensitive scientific and industrial equipment, coordinating with Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing teams to move opportunities toward orders.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering foundation.
• Confident communicating with customers.
• Ability to review specs and recommend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to understand application and technical requirements.
• Review specifications, drawings and mechanical requirements.
• Recommend and configure technical solutions; prepare quotations and proposals.
• Support customers throughout the sales process and coordinate with engineering/manufacturing teams.
• Assist progress from enquiry to order.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Customer facing

Proposal writing

Cross-functional

Tools

CAD

Job description

Applications Engineer – Mechanical Systems

Industry: Precision Engineering | Scientific Instrumentation | Advanced Manufacturing

Are you a mechanically minded engineer who enjoys solving technical problems but also likes the customer-facing and commercial side of engineering?

We’re supporting an established global technology manufacturer looking to add an Applications Engineer to its team in the Greater Boston area.

This is a commercially focused Applications role, sitting between Engineering and Sales. You’ll work with customers to understand their technical requirements, identify the right solution, prepare proposals and help turn technical enquiries into orders.

The Role

You’ll support a portfolio of precision-engineered mechanical systems used alongside highly sensitive scientific and industrial equipment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working directly with customers to understand their application and technical requirements
• Reviewing specifications, drawings and mechanical requirements
• Recommending and configuring the most appropriate technical solution
• Preparing quotations and technical proposals
• Supporting customers throughout the sales process
• Working closely with external Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing teams
• Responding to inbound technical and commercial enquiries
• Supporting standard and customised solutions
• Helping progress opportunities from initial enquiry through to order

This is predominantly an office-based Applications / Inside Sales Engineering position, rather than a field-based service or installation role.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone with a strong mechanical engineering foundation who is also confident communicating with customers.

You could currently be working as an:

Relevant experience could come from industries such as:

Precision Engineering | Vibration & Motion Control | Scientific Instrumentation | Optics & Photonics | Semiconductor Equipment | Automation | Laboratory Equipment | Mechanical Systems | Advanced Manufacturing

You don’t need experience with the exact products. We’re more interested in someone who can understand a mechanical application, ask the right technical questions and confidently recommend a solution to a customer.

Why Consider It?

This is a great opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer looking to become more commercially and customer focused, without moving into a heavily targeted, cold-calling sales position.

Alternatively, you may already be working in Applications or Technical Sales and want a role where you can combine your engineering knowledge with customer interaction and commercial responsibility.

You’ll join an established international technology business working with customers across some of the most technically demanding areas of science, research, semiconductor and advanced manufacturing.