Applications Engineer — Solutions & Production Liaison

Douglas Electrical Components, Inc.; Randolph Township (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Douglas Electrical Components, Inc. in New Jersey is seeking an Applications Engineer to act as technical liaison between customers, sales, engineering, vendors and manufacturing to develop and support custom product solutions.

You will evaluate application requirements, prepare technical and commercial quotations, develop engineering documentation and help transition new products into production, ensuring performance, quality, cost and delivery meet customer expectations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a manufacturing engineering environment.
• 2+ years’ experience in a customer-facing role.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with customers, vendors, manufacturer’s representatives and sales to determine application requirements.
• Develop quotations by designing to meet technical, price and timeline expectations and obtaining vendor quotes.
• Provide cost estimates detailing quantities, material costs, direct labor, tooling, final pricing and delivery; provide sketches/drawings as requested.
• Establish production drawings, component drawings, purchase specifications and BOM for new products.
• Execute engineering change orders for manufacturing prints.
• Assist in transitioning new projects to the manufacturing floor and coordinate vendor/tooling setup timelines.
• Work with manufacturing to ensure builds meet customer timelines and design specifications.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organization and prioritization

Education

Mechanical engineering degree preferred

Electrical or other engineering degree considered

Tools

MS Office

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

Douglas Electrical Components, Inc. in New Jersey is seeking an Applications Engineer to act as technical liaison between customers, sales, engineering, vendors and manufacturing to develop and support custom product solutions.

You will evaluate application requirements, prepare technical and commercial quotations, develop engineering documentation and help transition new products into production, ensuring performance, quality, cost and delivery meet customer expectations.