Application Engineer

Group, Company and Organisation

FlexLink Mexico

Main Responsibilities / Activities

• Provide consultation on technical solutions and feasibility of solutions.

• Support sales team in customer calls for quotations of complex systems or in requirement gathering discussions.
• Execute technical proposals through system engineering, cost estimating of necessary components and modules.
• Request for quotations from external suppliers in cooperation with Purchasing and evaluate estimates.
• • Prepares cost estimate for all aspects of the RFQ. This will include FL materials, outside buys, peripheral equipment, controls, assembly labor, installation and travel expenses.
• Generates a written proposal clearly outlining the scope of work, proposed solution, description of operation, and deliverables. This document serves as our legal contract to the customer when the order is placed.
• Support sales engineers in customer calls for quotations of complex systems or when the collection of more technical information or further details is necessary.
• Reviews RFQ concepts with internal teams, customer, and salesman.
• Prepares CAD layouts for the system concept demonstrating the proposed solution.
• Ask for quotations from external suppliers and evaluate estimates
• Evaluating formal customer RFQ documents and interpreting clients' requirements.
• On occasion, travels to customers’ site to perform site surveys, measurements and inspection of conditions in order to incorporate findings into the quotations.
• On occasion, supports the installation teams during the assembly and commissioning of projects

Key Competences / Leadership Attributes

• The ability to explain design ideas and plans clearly

• Must have the ability to work in a team atmosphere to review feasibility, costs, and lead time for various technical solutions.
• Must be able to multi task assignments while being conscious of the deadlines set by the customer/sales engineer. The AE will be required to handle several RFQs at one time.

  Basic Requirements

  • • Communication Skills, both written and oral
• Time management and multi-tasking
• Customer awareness and interaction
• Good technical writing skills • Technical drawing
• General engineering principles
• MS Office (Word for proposal, Excel for customer sheet)
• AutoCAD Tools 2D/3D
• Inventor
• General knowledge of Controls and Electric engineering