Application Engineer

Description:

The Company:

ProPhotonix is an expert designer and manufacturer of laser and LED systems for OEMs (Original
Equipment Manufacturers) across a wide range of applications including machine vision, UV curing,
medical equipment, and security applications.

Established in 1951, ProPhotonix is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, USA, and has ISO-certified
production facilities in Cork, Ireland, and Essex, U.K. At our Cork facility, we design and manufacture LED
lighting for a diverse range of applications. At our UK facility, we design and manufacture diode laser
modules and systems for applications including inspection, sorting, patient alignment, and industrial. We
are an SME looking to grow market share in our key markets.

The Role:

Reporting to the Application Engineering Manager, the Application Engineer will be responsible
for technical support to our customers. This will include, creating proposals that lead to the
development and introduction of new technologies and products that support ongoing business
objectives. The Applications Engineer will be a member of the engineering team and should be
able to demonstrate commercial, technical and communication proficiency.

Primary job responsibilities

• Determining customer’s specific technical requirements and product feature needs

• Interfacing with customers to develop product specifications that meet their needs

• Interfacing with Management, Engineering, Sales, and Manufacturing teams to ensure

customer requirements are understood.

• Providing technical support to the sales team and directly to customer. Provide product

management input to Marketing on ProPhotonix standard product range.

• Generating proposals, product data sheets, bills of material, concept drawings, Project

costings, product pricing, and Gannt charts.

Personal Skills:
The candidate should be well organized with the ability to work in a cross-functional team.
He/she should have effective communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills. Technical
interest and willingness to learn about the company’s technology are essential.