Job Description
Title: Application Engineer
Location: Westbrook, ME
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation:100K-120K
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Applications Engineer to join an established custom automation manufacturer specializing in turnkey assembly systems and special-purpose automation for medical, defense, electronics, consumer, and industrial applications.
This role is responsible for developing automation concepts, estimating project costs, and creating technical proposals while partnering closely with Sales and customers. The ideal candidate can understand a customer's manufacturing challenge, develop a practical automation solution, determine the appropriate equipment and technology, and confidently communicate the proposed solution.
Job Duties:
- Develop concepts and technical solutions for custom automation projects
- Create project estimates, quotations, and technical descriptions
- Work directly with customers and support the Sales team throughout the quoting process
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, controls, and engineering teams
- Evaluate automation requirements, equipment, robotics, and processes
- Manage multiple quoting opportunities simultaneously
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of Applications Engineering experience preferred
- 10+ years of automation experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of custom automation and automated equipment
- Proven customer-facing and communication skills
- Experience with project estimating and developing automation concepts
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background preferred
- Associate degree or equivalent technical experience
- Robotics, machine vision, assembly automation, or material handling experience is a plus
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Westbrook, ME |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $100,000–$120,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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