Position Description
ifm is seeking a self-motivated Applications Engineer to join our growing organization. Your technical background and problem-solving skills, customer service focus, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment will be paramount in working with our customers in the process industries.
Position Responsibilities
- Provide voice of customer during product development
- Work closely with product, project, and technical management to define technical features and performance capabilities that are requirement for our products.
- Identify new technologies, applications, and industry trends
- Perform competitor product assessments
- Support the sales team with new applications and technical challenges
- Understand applicable industry requirements (UL, CE, IEC, 3-A, EHEDG)
- Create operating instructions concept
- Support development of product training.
- Document requirements for new products in requirements management system.
- Estimate sales opportunities and contribute to business plans
Candidate Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering
- 3 years or more of technical support, manufacturing support, or engineering experience. Experience in food and beverage processing industries is preferred.
- Experience working with industrial automation preferred
- Electro-mechanical and sensor knowledge preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills, detail oriented and the ability to multitask and demonstrate strong organization skills.
- Ability to work effectively in both independent and team settings.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills and demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels within and outside the company. An enthusiastic, positive, and ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Ability to travel occasionally to domestic and international destinations for training and customer visits.
Company Culture
Company Description
ifm prover USA, in Malvern, PA, has earned the distinguished Top Employers certification for 2020 and 2021 in North America for our outstanding people practices. ifm prover USA is a subsidiary of ifm electronic gmbh, a global company with over 8,750 employees in 165 countries serving 155,000 customers worldwide. Our core business is the development and production of sensors and controls for industrial automation and process applications.
"Exceptional success can only be achieved when the employees believe in the company and when they know that they are treated in a fair and honest way." -ifm philosophy
ifm is a privately-owned company whose success can be attributed to three guiding principles: Employees First, Customer Loyalty, and Safe Growth. With a supportive and collaborative culture, ifm welcomes new ideas and fosters honest communication and trust. Distinguished by their individual capabilities and contributions, every employee plays a role in the success of our business, so that we may provide innovative solutions to meet and exceed our customer’s business needs. ifm is dedicated to ensuring employees are engaged, enabled, and empowered to realize their full potential in a positive, diverse, and inclusive work environment filled with meaning and a shared sense of purpose.
“We have amazing products, but best of all we have amazing people. This is a core value of our success.” - Roger Varma, CEO, ifm efector
ifm prover USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or handicap, marital or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law.