Senior Bearing Applications Engineer — Customer Solutions

Jtekt-North-America-

Arlington Heights (IL)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

JTEKT North America is seeking a Sr. Application Engineer to provide technical support to OE Industrial customers in North America. You will perform bearing analysis, life and stress analysis, failure investigations, and use modeling tools to select bearings meeting customer requirements.

Travel about 25% is required. Responsibilities include coordinating with design, manufacturing and quality teams, writing reports, delivering technical trainings, and visiting customers to develop innovative

Qualifications

BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3–5 years of bearing experience.
Experience in bearing analysis, life/stress analysis, and using engineering software.
Willingness to travel up to 25% to meet customers.

Responsibilities

Meet with customer engineers to understand bearing requirements, application specifications, and project details.
Select and analyze bearings in complex applications using software for life analysis, stress checks, and validation recommendations.
Write reports and present analysis results to customers.
Coordinate cross-functional collaboration among design, manufacturing, and quality teams.
Develop test plans, review results, and create final test reports.
Provide failure/root cause analysis and problem solving for internal or customer issues.
Visit customers to discuss maintenance, design, and VA/VE projects.
Complete detailed customer visit reports with actionable items within deadlines.
Build customer rapport through excellence, responsiveness, and support.