Senior Application Engineer, Air Treatment Systems

Ingersoll Rand; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care options

Dental and vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock grant

Paid time off

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to provide engineering expertise for compressed air purification and on-site gas generation systems. You will support customers, sales teams, and partners with system design, sizing calculations, and technical proposals.

You will mentor junior engineers, develop standard work, and collaborate across product management, engineering, manufacturing, service, and quality to win bids and deliver high-quality documentation and

Qualifications

• Provide expert-level application guidance on compressed air and gas treatment solutions.
• Select and size air dryers, filtration, and gas generation equipment based on customer operating conditions, ISO 8573.1 requirements, dew point specifications, and environmental factors.
• Evaluate customer data on pressure, flow, inlet temperature, ambient conditions, and contamination levels to recommend optimal solutions.
• Review engineering drawings, P&IDs, and customer specifications to ensure compliance and identify risks or deviations.
• Prepare detailed technical proposals, system schematics, tender responses, and custom configuration documents.
• Develop system layouts including dryers, filters, aftercoolers, condensate drains, receivers, controls, and interconnecting piping.
• Perform dew point calculations, purge air calculations, and pressure drop estimations.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to ensure feasibility of custom configurations.
• Work closely with Sales, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Service, and Quality to support winning project bids.
• Provide technical input for New Product Introduction (NPI) and voice-of-customer data.
• Assist Field Service with complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Support Operations with technical clarification needed for build-to-order systems.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical workshops, on-site assessments, and presentations.
• Deliver training to distributors, internal teams, and customers on air treatment technologies, system balancing, and proper installation.
• Build credibility through responsive, accurate, and high-quality technical communication.
• Maintain and improve sizing tools, configurators, technical databases, and engineering templates.
• Develop standard work, application guides, and best-practice documents for internal and external use.
• Mentor junior application engineers through guidance, coaching, and technical reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal and solution development for projects.
• Collaborate across Product Management, Engineering, Sales.
• Interact with customers; provide training and presentations on air treatment.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation and templates.

Skills

Application guidance

Sizing calculations

Technical proposals

System layouts

Dew point calculations

P&ID review

Troubleshooting

Mentoring junior engineers

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

CAD tools (AutoCAD, Inventor)

Job description

Ingersoll Rand in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to provide engineering expertise for compressed air purification and on-site gas generation systems. You will support customers, sales teams, and partners with system design, sizing calculations, and technical proposals.

You will mentor junior engineers, develop standard work, and collaborate across product management, engineering, manufacturing, service, and quality to win bids and deliver high-quality documentation and