Position - Applications Engineer

Location - Wheeling, IL

Company - Destaco, a Stabilus Company

Company Overview:

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in a variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.

Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.

DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 13 locations.

With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries.

Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries.

Stabilus SE is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and included in the MDAX index.

Position Summary:

The Applications Engineer for DESTACO is responsible for providing customer application assistance, technical support, proposal drawings, quotations and special designs or modifications to existing products via phone or email including inside/outside sales and customer service. S/he may also be required to support the system design group and product development for new products, product improvements & changes to existing products. S/he may evaluate products, parts, or processes for cost efficiency and reliability.

The Applications Engineer reports to the Manager, Applications Engineering and is located in Wheeling, IL and requires minimal travel (<5%). This position requires the ability to work and to communicate globally and virtually with those in Sales, Product Engineering, Customer Service, Marketing and Manufacturing.

Key Job Responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Provides design of Indexer, conveyor solutions for automation systems.
• Creates detailed manufacturing drawings, 3D assembly models and CAD files.
• Generates bill of materials (BOM), product documentation and Oracle part numbers.
• Supports customer service with technical support, applications review, and warranty issues.
• Completes competitive product testing/analysis as required.
• Provides customer application assistance and technical support for customer questions (by phone & email).
• Provides proposal drawings, quotations and special designs or modifications to existing products.
• Sizing of AC, DC & Servo motor including gear reducer
• Must know mechanical engineering elements design, and validation through calculations
• Supports the system design group and product development for new products, product improvements and changes to existing products.
• Promotes safety awareness with other members of the organization.Promotes accident prevention and employee involvement in regard to a safe work environment.
• Supports the continuous improvement roadmap for the organization. Leverages continuous improvement tools to drive continued improvements.
• May evaluate products, parts, or processes for cost efficiency and reliability.
• Utilize current processes for proper storage of engineering documents in global PDM.

Leadership Competencies aligned with Stabilus and executed in DESTACO with appropriate expectations for the job level:

Entrepreneurial Spirit: Identifies opportunities to develop new solutions. Change agent, collaborates for results, manages risk, takes responsibility for all aspects of the organizationResults Driven – Produces results that exceed Destaco’s strategic objectives via a combination of planning and implementation, while living the Dover Values.Customer Impact – Creates value for customers addressing known and unknown needs. Knows and understands all aspects of the global market, including economics (regulatory issues, corporate compliance, etc.), products and services, channels, the customers and their end-markets.

Job Requirements:

Experience:

Requires 3-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area with mechanical/machine design, discrete automation products, and assembly experience.

Communication skills to provide instructions to all parties included in the project and answer all questions a customer may have on how the product work

Problem-solving skills to ensure any issues that arise during the design, assembly and End of line testing processes are fixed

Attentiveness to detail to ensure all parts of an application come together and work as intended

Experience in SolidWorks 3d modeling and detailing is required, other equivalent 3d modeling experience can be considered

Interpersonal skills to be able to work with others who may be included on the project to ensure it works properly

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

Creative mindset, innovative thinker

Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines

Self-directed and able to re-calibrate priorities as needed

High energy, strong interpersonal skills, prefers to work in team environment

Analytical thinker, ability to make decisions and problem solve in a timely manner

Excellent communicator both verbally and in writing

Ability to work in teams, provide project status, and maintain a high level of communication

Ability to lead and direct the work of others

Education and Certification Qualifications:

Associate’s degree required in a related field; Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred

Travel Requirements:

Ability to travel <5% of the time

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.