The Product & Application Engineer role has full design, development, and on-going support responsibility for products. Other duties include:
- Maintain and support existing products, with thorough understanding of the manufacturing process.
- Generate additional revenue streams through the application of technical and scientific principles to product and process research and development applications.
- Lead applications projects both internally and via external research groups or idea network.
- Work closely with the Sales & Marketing, Quality and Finance groups to ensure products or processes being developed meet the market needs and cost structure required.
- Plans, implements, and oversees top priority opportunities/products in response to market analysis, covering research and development through the launch phase of the business cycle. Ensures that the necessary equipment, materials, manpower, and outside services are in place to allow successful and timely completion. Evaluates results and reports data to Management on a regular basis.
- Prepares invention disclosures and protects intellectual property resulting from projects.
- Manages external research and development groups, as needed, to assist in development of products/processes. Builds relationships and partners with customer or sub-contractor applications groups to leverage their resources to meet a common goal.
- Supervises R&D Lab and its personnel to develop and test new products and support existing customer growth. Ensure compliance of the lab facility and personnel with the company's safety and environmental policy.
- Develop and evaluate the engineering and manufacturing process to estimate production costs and methods to determine commercial viability of products.
- Provides technical support to Sales and Operations to respond to on-going customer needs.
- Keeps abreast of new developments through periodicals and membership in technical societies.
- Serves as member of Business Development Team to identify and pursue new business opportunities.