Application Engineering Manager

Join HARTING! A leader in connectivity products and custom solutions…..

We are seeking an Application engineering Manager (Hybrid; based in Elgin, Illinois) to join our growing team. The Senior Technical Application Consultant is an embedded, customer-facing technical expert dedicated to supporting a strategic hyperscale data center account. The role ensures timely, high-quality technical and application support for customers, distributors, and Sales, including deeper, customer-embedded design support. This leader develops the team, prioritizes resources, advances knowledge-transfer tools and systems, and ensures customer-service and department KPIs are met in alignment with HARTING strategic priorities. Periodic travel is required.

HARTING aims to be a trusted advisor to HARTING customers and positions itself as the go-to source expert for industrial connectivity solutions. We partner directly with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Distribution partners for standard product, designed-in value-added products, and Product Development initiatives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Requirements

Skills and experience to thrive in this role:

• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, influencing, and relationship-building skills. 
  
• Strong customer focus with demonstrated ability to manage service quality, escalations, competing priorities, and distributed technical resources. 
  
• Strong leadership, coaching, organization, conflict-resolution, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. 
  
• Ability to guide engineers in translating customer requirements into technically and commercially viable solutions. 
  
• Ability to establish practical processes, performance measures, knowledge systems, and digital tools and drive sustained adoption. 
  
• Knowledge of industrial connectivity and relevant industrial markets is preferred. 
  Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or related technical discipline; equivalent directly related education and experience may be considered. 
  
• 7+ years of relevant application engineering, engineering, product management, technical sales, or customer-facing technical experience, including demonstrated team leadership. 
  
• Experience leading distributed technical teams and supporting complex design-in or customer-embedded application programs is preferred. 
  Requires approximately 20-30% travel. Must have a valid passport, as travel may be international.
  

Benefits

• This role is eligible for a 5% discretionary annual bonus. 
  

• 21 days PTO (Paid Time Off) to start – quickly earn more PTO as you stick with us (36 days max)
  
• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance – several Blue Cross Blue Shield plan options to choose from
  
• Company-sponsored life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability – at no cost to employee
  
• Paid parental leave, tuition and fitness reimbursement, and a hybrid working policy 
  
• 401(k) with a 4% dollar-for-dollar match – fully vested upon eligibility!