Senior Applications Engineer - Mechanical

nVent • Blue Ash, OH

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Serve as the technical lead for product engineering projects including product line extensions, sustaining engineering, feasibility studies, prototype builds, customer informed iterations, validation testing, and agency certification. Develop new designs based on existing product to accommodate unique customer needs and evolving applications in the power connections industry. Optimize designs for manufacturability (DFM), cost reduction, supply chain risk mitigation, and industry driven changes. Develop complete and accurate material, component, and product specifications, ensuring alignment with quality standards and supporting the creation of robust quality assurance procedures. Plan, execute, and refine engineering tasks by translating product targets into technical requirements, defining clear milestones, and maintaining a prioritized engineering backlog that supports product engineering initiatives. Validate mechanical designs through rigorous testing, iterative prototyping, performance evaluations and coordination of third party compliance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including operations, quality, sourcing, product development (NPI), product management and sales to support launch readiness. Maintain accountability for engineering deliverables within project management process, including Sustaining and New Product Introduction processes. Provide technical leadership in design reviews, FMEAs, and structured risk mitigation efforts, ensuring robust engineering decisions and early identification of technical risk. Serve as a subject matter expert to both internal and external customers. Provide support and troubleshooting to customers both on-site and virtually in the use of nVent ILSCO and nVent UTILCO products. Up to 10-20% of domestic travel as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering required
• Ideally 5 Years of related experience
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Proficient in SolidWorks assemblies, modeling, drawings, and PDM/PLM systems
• Strong understanding of metals, polymers, and composite materials, with hands on experience in metal forming, machining, and injection molding

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for product engineering projects including product line extensions, sustaining engineering, feasibility studies, prototype builds, customer informed iterations, validation testing, and agency certification
• Develop new designs based on existing product to accommodate unique customer needs and evolving applications in the power connections industry
• Optimize designs for manufacturability (DFM), cost reduction, supply chain risk mitigation, and industry driven changes
• Develop complete and accurate material, component, and product specifications, ensuring alignment with quality standards and supporting the creation of robust quality assurance procedures
• Plan, execute, and refine engineering tasks by translating product targets into technical requirements, defining clear milestones, and maintaining a prioritized engineering backlog that supports product engineering initiatives
• Validate mechanical designs through rigorous testing, iterative prototyping, performance evaluations and coordination of third party compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including operations, quality, sourcing, product development (NPI), product management and sales to support launch readiness
• Maintain accountability for engineering deliverables within project management process, including Sustaining and New Product Introduction processes
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews, FMEAs, and structured risk mitigation efforts, ensuring robust engineering decisions and early identification of technical risk
• Serve as a subject matter expert to both internal and external customers
• Provide support and troubleshooting to customers both on-site and virtually in the use of nVent ILSCO and nVent UTILCO products

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Caregiver, personal and parental leave
• Back-up care services
• Paid time off including volunteer time
• A well-being program
• Legal & identity theft protection

What This Job Offers

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