Application Engineer
About The Position
Are you looking for a dynamic, customer‑facing engineering role where your technical expertise truly makes an impact? As an Applications Engineer at Emerson, you will partner closely with the sales team to deliver innovative automation solutions to customers across North America. This role is fully remote, with a preferred location in Detroit, MI; Florham Park, NJ; Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; or Indianapolis, IN. In this role, you will work hands‑on with customers and internal teams to solve real‑world challenges and support successful product deployments. You will dive into technical details, address complex problems, and translate insights into clear, compelling guidance on product capabilities, limitations, and best‑fit applications. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will help customers adopt new technologies that improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or another STEM field or equivalent practical experience (such as 7+ years of industrial automation experience focused on pneumatic control)
- Working knowledge of pneumatic valves, pneumatic actuators, grippers, electric slide actuators, electric grippers, pressure sensors, flow sensors, and proportional regulators
- Experience with industrial communication protocols such as Profibus, Modbus TCP/RTU, CANopen, DeviceNet, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, and EtherCAT
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time (about one week per month)
- A valid U.S. driver’s license
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
Nice To Haves
- Experience presenting technical concepts to non‑technical audiences
- Machine safety or safety control systems certifications or qualifications
- Experience working at a systems integrator, particularly in pneumatic or motion control applications
- Exposure to stepper motors, linear drives, and electric linear motion control
- Experience supporting high‑uptime industrial systems
- Familiarity with a broad range of industrial processes
- A strong interest or passion for industrial automation
Responsibilities
- Put customers first by understanding their challenges and identifying effective technical solutions
- Support customer applications involving pneumatics, fieldbus systems, I/O, and electric actuation
- Provide hands‑on support during startup and commissioning of new applications
- Create and deliver engaging product and solution demonstrations
- Present technical workshops to customers and formal training courses to Emerson teams
- Conduct plant tours, site inspections, and customer visits
- Interpret pneumatic circuits from schematics and diagrams
- Provide on‑site emergency technical support when required
- Attend and support tradeshows, industry events, and customer engagements
- Assist customers in modernizing from older, legacy products and systems
- Write technical articles, application notes, and contribute to the product knowledge base
- Serve as a subject matter expert on customer support cases
- Design, assemble, test, and simulate systems to diagnose and resolve reported product issues
- Collaborate with marketing, product management, engineering, sales, production, and quality teams
- Utilize Salesforce.com‑based tools for activity tracking and reporting
Benefits
- variety of medical insurance plans
- dental and vision coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k)
- tuition reimbursement
- employee resource groups
- recognition
- flexible time off plans
- paid parental leave (maternal and paternal)
- vacation and holiday leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
