Global Battery Product Applications Engineer

East Penn Manufacturing Company; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Group insurance: medical, dental, life

401K savings plan

Annual bonus

9 paid holidays and 10 paid vacation

Employee assistance programs

Promotional opportunities

Safety gear provided

Job summary

East Penn seeks a Product Application Engineer to bridge engineering, quality, manufacturing, and sales for OE and Aftermarket customers. You will guide projects from concept to production, lead technical reviews, and present insights to partners worldwide in a high-visibility role.

You will influence battery design and manufacturing improvements, work across all organizational levels, and travel up to 25% to support customers and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or scientific discipline.
• 4+ years of relevant engineering work experience.
• Previous project engineering or management experience required.
• Prior manufacturing experience; familiarity with the battery construction process preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide Engineering support to Manufacturing, Quality, H&S, Sales, Costing, and Maintenance on Automotive products, equipment, and tooling.
• Prepare and deliver information, technical reports, and presentations to management, customers, vendors, and technical partners.
• Contribute to concept generation and ideation processes.
• Maintain and protect the confidentiality of proprietary information.
• Perform other duties which may become essential to the position.
• Lead regular technical reviews throughout all phases of a project.
• Interact with production and engineering at all levels.
• Travel worldwide for the company as required (possibly up to ~25%)
• Manage projects that drive the creation of new battery designs or improvements to existing products for the OE and Aftermarket customers.
• Create, maintain, and update published technical information.
• Support other Application Engineering personnel as needed.
• Represent East Penn as the technical interface with the OE and Aftermarket customers.
• Field calls and e-mails from East Penn sales contacts, OE, and Aftermarket customers.
• Lead customers on in-plant tours
• Evaluate devices that interface with the battery in an OE application
• Participate in the testing, reviewing, and approval of battery designs.
• Evaluate the measured performance (cpk/ppk) of processes to ensure the processes’ ability to fulfill customer and EPM performance and safety requirements.

Skills

Managing & Measuring Work

Directing Others

Focusing on Results

Relating to Others

Building Trust

Communicating Effectively

Collaborating & Fostering Teamwork

Motivating & Inspiring Others

Strong personal commitment

Ability to set goals

Engaging others positively

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or scientific discipline

4+ years of relevant engineering work experience

Previous project engineering or management experience

Prior manufacturing experience; familiarity with the battery construction process

Job description

East Penn seeks a Product Application Engineer to bridge engineering, quality, manufacturing, and sales for OE and Aftermarket customers. You will guide projects from concept to production, lead technical reviews, and present insights to partners worldwide in a high-visibility role.

You will influence battery design and manufacturing improvements, work across all organizational levels, and travel up to 25% to support customers and projects.