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1 year ago
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The Opportunity:

This highly successful and expanding PCB manufacturer serves a global clientele of blue-chip corporations across the military, aerospace, and telecommunications sectors, focussing on stringent quality and performance standards. They are excited to be  recruiting for an Application Engineer to support growth and business continuity. The Application Engineer role will be client-facing and the successful applicant will become an important part of the sales process. The role essentially involves advising current and future customers on the manufacturability of their PCB designs and suggest improvements to reduce both risks and cost implications.  Your experience as an Application Engineer or Pre Sales Engineer will be fully relied upon in this remote role, attending customer sites throughout middle England.

The Role:

Provide technical expertise to guide clients through the PCB manufacturing process
Identify opportunities for design improvements and cost savings
Leverage your knowledge of our diverse material offerings
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results
Advise customers, Planning, and internal CAM Engineers on cost-effective, quality generating manufacturing methods.
Project Management - manage the information flow to customers regarding problems that may occur whilst ensuring that our  customer’s requirements are understood fully and that all issues requiring clarification are resolved. What you will bring to the Team:

HND or Degree in Engineering 
PCB manufacturing experience or a Technical background definitely required
Proven experience in an Application Engineer, Sales Engineer or possibly Project Engineer role.  All must have included customer contact and site visits on a regular basis.Benefits:

Quarterly Company bonus scheme – can be up to 12% of your salary!
Contributory pension
Death in service insuranceWorking Hours:
Mon-Thu 9am to 5pm and Fridays 9am-2pm (40 hrs) 20% of your time will be spent visiting customers with the balance in the office/home.  There will be trips to the head office in Devon required periodically

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