What are the responsibilities and job description for the APPLICATION ENGINEER position at Flint Equipment Company?
FLINT POWER SYSTEMS
APPLICATION ENGINEER-DIESEL ENGINES
Flint Power is a distributor of-off road diesel engines for the SE United States and has an immediate opening for an Application Engineer.
Primary Duties Include:
The application engineer will lead and execute test plans for both in house products and various off-road OEM applications in the field.
The application engineer will conduct in house and baseline tests in a stand-alone test facility for both diesel and natural gas engines equipped with a water brake dynamometer and a data acquisition system capable of recording temperature, pressure, frequency, 3D vibration, and more.
Similarly, field testing will be conducted using the same data acquisition equipment on our OEM’s completed equipment in real world, representative test environments. Examples of off-road OEM equipment would include but are not limited to pumps, generator sets, harvesters, street sweepers and agricultural sprayers.
Additionally, the application engineer will assist with the prototyping of new products as well as assisting in product development.
Skills and Education Required:
- Four-year degree in Mechanical or Electromechanical engineering
- Strong Communication Skills in order to interact with sales force and OEM engineering and production personnel
- Mechanical aptitude and hands-on ability with engines and power-train components in off-highway application is strongly preferred
- Interest in Data Acquisition and Analysis, experience with Siemens LMS DAQ or NI Compact Rio DAQ a plus
- Proficient with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple projects at various stages of completion
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and achieve desired results with little direct supervision is imperative
- Some travel is required