Applications Engineer

CIRCUIT CHECK INC • Maple Grove, MN

19h • $85,000 - $105,000

About The Position

Circuit Check is a global leader in test systems and engineering solutions for complex electronics focused on building the next generation of innovative, scalable, and intelligent test solutions that power our customers’ success across industries.

We’re seeking an Applications Engineer to support our growing portfolio of functional and in-circuit test solutions. This role bridges the gap between engineering and the customer—helping sales account managers translate technical capabilities into business value, ensuring post-delivery success, and serving as a product champion for our custom test solutions.

Reporting to the AE Manager, the ideal candidate is a technically fluent communicator who enjoys problem solving, explaining complex systems in practical terms, and strengthening customer relationships through trust, responsiveness, and domain expertise.

Our design staff includes electrical, software, mechanical engineers, and project managers. Our systems are supported by staff throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Malaysia, and China.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience in an electronics manufacturing or engineering services firm
• 3+ years of related engineering work experience
• Experience applying automated functional test development products is necessary.
• Electrical and Mechanical technical competency to effectively provide sales and application support
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with all stakeholders, project team members, management, clients, etc.
• Ability to present proposals
• Solid analytical skills; able to resolve very complex technical problems with innovative solutions
• Capacity to deal with a high workload and deadline pressure
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Requires a strong initiative, proactive nature and a sense of urgency
• Ability to occasionally travel to client locations for meetings (less than 5%)
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary to meet deadlines
• Maintains confidentiality and security of intellectual property (CUI-ITAR, Prototype)
• Working with ERP (IFS).
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without needing sponsorship for an employment visa (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities

• Works with engineers, clients and suppliers to interpret product specifications
• Develops detailed design configurations, detailed costing, and quotations for engineered product and engineered product sales. Participate in pricing strategy with Sales/Management to create a technical bidding proposal
• Makes occasional on-site visits to clients to gain insight, gather technical data, and provide guidance in the application of complex system proposals
• Collaborate with Management to ensure project margin goals are obtained
• Transfers project scope details to the project team upon award of business
• Effectively documents all contact with each customer to keep appropriate personnel apprised of current status
• Uses existing approved proposal format to modify for ROM, budgetary and build to print opportunities
• Provides proposal presentation support to Management/Sales
• May generate CAD concepts for the proposals when needed
• Maintain a technical understanding of CCI products/services and an awareness of product developments by other manufacturers
• Interface and maintain a positive business relationship with customers, Sales and all CCI personnel
• May be required to regularly report on the status of all customer support, quotation support, and application sales support projects
• May assist the Project Manager as needed with internal technical coordination.

Benefits

• Employees (and their dependents in most plans) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, short- and long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in Circuit Check’s 401k plan, in which the Company will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution.
• Paid time off includes vacation and sick time along with paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level