Product Application Engineer

Great Dane LLC • Savannah, GA

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About The Position

At Great Dane, we rely on makers and we’re calling on them to join our expanding team, the time has never been better to Embrace Your Great and work in an environment with the highest safety standards in the industry. The Product Application Engineer will provide product specific technical support to internal/external Sales, assist with sales configuration option selections, perform data analysis and generate reports for management, provide Engineering project support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in applied science, engineering, or related field.
• 5 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required for this position.
• Expertise in programming logic, engineering principles, and product related experience.
• Proficient in statistical analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of operational business procedures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, Power BI, various Engineering applications (CAD, PDM, PLM).

Responsibilities

• Assist Sales and customers in product specification selection.
• Assist in creation of customer specific product solutions.
• Research part usage, create new parts, update templates, work on engineering projects as assigned.
• Creates various tools to improve accuracy and efficiency of engineering functions and sales support.
• Calculates truck body and trailer weight estimates for Sales.
• Provides ‘white space’ drawings to assist in decal applications.
• Performs weight distribution calculations to optimize customer operations while obeying federal bridge and applicable state laws.
• Provides dimensional analysis of quotes to assist customers.
• Create layouts during the quoting process with side door, evaporator, dome light, and pallet locations to assist customers with trailer or truck body specifications as requested.
• Prepares thermal performance report for refrigerated trailers and truck bodies when requested.
• Contributes to competitor benchmarking projects.
• Performs cost analysis.
• Develops, maintains, and updates tools to measure and report on engineering schedule and accuracy metrics.
• Assist law enforcement with VIN information.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits, including but not limited to dental, vision, and medical with employer contributions
• Retirement programs, including a Pension Plan and 401(k) Plan with employer match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation
• And more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees