Senior Engineer, System Application

Danfoss; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss Power Solutions in Ames, IA seeks a Senior System Application Engineer to be the primary technical representative to customers, providing engineering solutions and supporting project execution across mobile hydraulic, power electronics, and electric machine systems.

You will work with the technical sales team, evaluate specifications, and develop proposals, while designing control architectures and evaluating product applications for performance and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Agricultural Engineering required or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant experience or internship equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink and/or other simulation software.
• Machine testing experience and ability to troubleshoot.
• Technical writing skills preferred.
• Indirect leadership to coordinate multiple OEM customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong mobile machine expertise through research, testing and analysis of agricultural, construction, material handling, turf and specialty machines.
• Collaborate with the technical sales team to evaluate customer specifications and contribute to technical proposals.
• Assist in selecting and specifying DPS products ensuring conformance to requirements.
• Design system control architecture, logic, and parameters to meet safety and performance criteria.
• Research and test alternate machine designs for feasibility and cost.
• Investigate problems and recommend remedial actions or design changes.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Technical writing

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Agricultural Engineering

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

Job description

The Impact You’ll Make

Would you like to apply your engineering expertise to help customers design their machines? Then you might be interested in joining our System Application Engineering (SAE) team at Danfoss Power Solutions (DPS). We are a world-class provider of mobile hydraulics, power electronic controls and electric machine systems serving the construction, agriculture and other off-highway vehicle markets.

What Danfoss Offers You

If you want to engineer solutions that enable the world of tomorrow to do more with less, Danfoss is where you’ll make a real impact. Open yourself to exceptional development – both personally and professionally. As a Senior System Application Engineer, you are the primary technical representative to the customer for Danfoss Power Solutions. Taking ownership on providing technical assistance to the customer, you will contribute to developing engineering solutions, making a sustainable difference to people’s lives around the globe.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing strong mobile machine expertise through research, testing and analyzing agricultural, construction, material handling, turf and specialty machines.
• Working with the technical sales team to evaluate customer specifications, contributing to technical proposals that lead to new business, responding to technical requests, managing customer projects, providing technical training, evaluating product applications and documenting these activities.
• Selecting and specifying DPS products, with a specific emphasis on ensuring conformance to component application requirements and machine performance expectations.
• Designing system control architecture, logic, and parameters to meet safety, performance, and life requirements.
• Researching, developing, analyzing and testing alternate machine system designs for feasibility, cost, operation, and performance in the mobile machine market.
• Investigating machine problems or component failures and recommending remedial actions, system design changes or alternate components or features.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) preferred in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Agricultural Engineering.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience -OR- candidates with B.S. degree and applicable internship experience will be considered.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink and/or other simulation modeling software.
• Machine testing experience and ability to troubleshoot.
• Technical writing skills/experience preferred.
• Indirect leadership skills to organize multiple OEM customer projects as a technical expert.

What You’ll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like an annual bonus, paid vacation, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.