Application Engineer

SKF•Falconer, NY

1d•$71,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

SKF is seeking two Application Engineers for their NA Aerospace team. This role reports to the Manager, Application Engineering and is responsible for managing the technical relationship with SKF’s customers. The engineer will work closely with Sales and Customer Service, translating customer technical needs into SKF offerings, including proposals and initial drawings. Key responsibilities include evaluating technical risks, verifying product selections, analyzing product field service history, and promoting SKF's expertise and value propositions in alignment with corporate strategy. This position is part of a global team, offering access to subject matter experts for design, analysis, and lessons learned. The engineer will also handle problem-solving, preliminary engineering calculations, modeling, simulation, analysis, and solution determination for customer complaints or specific application requests related to product performance and failure risk analysis.

Requirements

An Engineering degree. If it’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, that’s even better.
Working knowledge (advanced experience a plus) of rolling bearings, airframe bearings, aerospace materials and basic calculations related to the same is highly desired.
Be a good listener and communicator of technical knowledge (both in writing and speaking).
Ability to speak and write in English well.
You should have a good personality and be good at managing relationships with customers. This will help you motivate and influence the technical choices of our customers.
Flexibility to travel within the US (up to 30%) and (very occasionally) internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience in technical sales or applications engineering is a plus.
If you have experience with calculation tools and engineering design software, and if you know about manufacturing processes, that’s a plus.

Responsibilities

Look for and chase new business opportunities by understanding what customers need and want, spotting market trends, and introducing current and new SKF technology to strategic business opportunities.
Develop and support Aircraft Engine, Helicopter Transmission and e-Aviation customers within the North America region.
Help coordinate engineering activities from the beginning of a business opportunity until the end of production, following the ETO (Engineering To Order) process.
Make sure to follow verification and validation procedures correctly and keep track of how our products are performing in the field.
Carry out bearing calculations; get ready and keep track of design and process validation test plans using resources from the SKF Aerospace team.
Regularly work with the customer’s engineering team to solve technical problems and get approval for changes to products or processes throughout the program’s life cycle: help solve technical issues and make sure lessons learned are used in the business.
Work with and have an impact on a fast-moving global team of people from engineering, sales, business development, project management, design, quality, testing, manufacturing, and customer service; create and give technical presentations and training events to large groups of customers.
Coordinate and keep tasks aligned that involve many customers in your region or assignment and build and improve relationships with customers’ engineering/technical teams with the target of implementing innovative light weight and/or low friction solutions to reach the CO2 emissions reduction of the aerospace industry.
Assist customers with the selection of environmentally friendly/compliant bearing solutions for their applications.