Are you an experienced Applications Engineer? We are looking for an experienced Electronics Engineer with a passion for solution sales to join our client's team, a successful growing business in the Basingstoke area.
Field Applications Engineer - Electronics Manufacturing - £50,000 - £60,000 dependant on experience. Benefits include car allowance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Christmas shutdown, and 9% pension.
Role Overview
The mission of the Field Applications Engineer is to effectively sell and promote all services to prospects by using their technical knowledge and expertise to engage with them on a technical and commercial basis. This involves having an in-depth understanding of our capabilities and direction, as well as quickly being able to understand customer stated and unstated requirements.
The Field Applications Engineer will also manage the onboarding of new projects into all areas of the business, such as Operations and Engineering. This will involve ensuring the customer-supplied information is of an acceptable standard to define a mission objective that is within our capabilities.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
* Overall technical and commercial responsibility for the conversion of prospects into manufacturing and engineering customers.
* Attending prospect and customer sites to help them identify their current and future needs and how we can help them achieve their goals.
* Working with Production Engineers, Planners, Engineering Management, and the Technical Lead to understand the technical and logistical viability of prospective projects.
* Performing initial first-pass inspection of customer-supplied data to evaluate if it is of the required standard to hand over to Engineering and Operations for detailed processing.
* Generating requirements documents, RFQ tracker forms, and quotation documents.
* Setting the costing turnaround time target for the Operations and Engineering Teams for each individual project to meet customer demand.
* Providing technical support and mentoring within the organization to implement successful solutions.
* Ensuring compliance with ISO9001 and other relevant quality standards/procedures.
Experience and Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Electronics, embedded/software or hardware.
* Proven experience in a customer-facing technical, applications engineering, or sales engineering role.
* Strong technical knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes.
* Ability to analyze and interpret customer-supplied engineering data to support project feasibility and cost estimation.
* Skilled in preparing quotations, RFQs, requirements documentation, and project handovers.
* Knowledge of ISO9001 standards and experience ensuring compliance with quality procedures.
* Willingness to travel to customer sites, trade shows, and industry events as required.
Benefits
* Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
* Car allowance.
* Company bonus scheme.
* 9% pension (3% you, 6% company contribution).
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and Christmas shutdown period.
* Private health care.
* Hybrid working.
* Life assurance.
* Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
* Dynamic and collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
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