Senior Applications Engineer Job Description
Senior applications engineer
provides assistance to other software engineers in resolving complex production problems on any in-house software application, across multiple hardware platforms and programming languages.
Senior Applications Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Responsible for applications support in the South East Asia region, providing expert applications technical service advice to our subsidiaries, distributors and customers
Responsible for leading a group of lab technicians with production applications
Responsible for the development of new process gas chromatograph applications as needed and directed from product marketing
Evaluates current and emerging sensor technologies from a wireless sensor applications perspective to understand competitive advantages and limitations
Works closely with new product developers to fully understand all key features and provides suggestions for their improvement and usability in customer applications
Creates applications notes, technical notes and videos that demonstrate product capability
Complete and submit reports customer visit, applications reports as required by management
Providing technical support to various applications/systems
Directs customer support and helps FAEs support their customers
Provide technical guidance to laboratory technicians and the manufacturing team as needed
Senior Applications Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Applications Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, DO-178, RHCSA, RHCE, PKI, CISSP, ISO2626, DO-278, DO-178B, IPC
Education for Senior Applications Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior applications engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Software Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Education, Information Systems, Science, Technical, Technology, Design
Skills for Senior Applications Engineer
Desired skills for senior applications engineer include:
Object oriented programming concepts
Java
Programming languages
XML
Applications
Python
Relevant concepts
Programming best practices
Automated Test software and hardware platforms in general
Selenium
Desired experience for senior applications engineer includes:
Bachelor of Science’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
Experience with MEF
Experience with Banking architecture using Corillian Voyager
Experience with Knockout JS framework
Experience with Expression Blend
Degree in Electrical Engineering with work experience in related industry
Senior Applications Engineer Examples
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Senior Applications Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior applications engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior applications engineer
- Handle the most complex issues and serve as an escalation resource of difficult problems for Applications Engineers and Scientists
- Work on in-house applications and write feasibility studies
- Travel to customer sites for troubleshooting, demonstration, evaluation and testing of specific parts/applications
- Perform on-site training for systems and integrations products (FocusPX, FocusPC, SDK, TomoView, etc) which can include up to 3-5 days of on-site support involving systems and integrations products and customers specific applications
- Coordinating assigned service requests to meet requested department dates within established department standards
- Communicating effectively, both orally and in written form, technical information with a wide variety of individuals and groups
- Designing, analyzing and implementing application/system equipment and designing cost effective system configuration that meet the users' needs
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with end users, vendors and managers
- Identifying and resolving hardware and software problems
- Defining user needs and recommending alternatives
Qualifications for senior applications engineer
- 5-7 years of technical application, customer support or sales experience in the test and measurement industry preferred
- Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570 certification
- RHEL 6 System Administration, MCSA, or other equivalent certification
- ITIL Foundations certification is highly desired
- Proficiency with office tools (Excel, Power Point, Word, ) a plus
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant branch of engineering which might include electrical/electronic, control or software engineering
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior applications engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior applications engineer
- Must be ready, willing and able to meet with internal and/or external customers to discuss valve specifications, applications, process data and related material to better prepare respective quotations / purchase orders
- Periodically investigate user-submitted exploits as a part of our bug bounty program
- Develop internal design documentation for products working with design engineering on feasibility of new product ideas, features, and specs
- Create technical notes covering complex design topics to enable Micron DRAM products
- Serve as high level resource to the NDT Sales force with System Integration with advanced equipment
- Assist in mentoring junior engineers
- Provide training (internal and/or external) on the system and advanced equipment
- Write technical specifications during proposal process
- Field customer calls and help diagnose and troubleshoot problems over phone and via webex
- Travel to North America and Latin America
Qualifications for senior applications engineer
- Experience in machinery control systems and/or variable speed, or servo, drives is an advantage
- Typically requires significant related experience with a Bachelor’s degree
- Experience with AngularJS or reactJS, jQuery, Bootstrap
- Command of your editor, IDE, git, and other dev environment
- Experience with Oracle, MySQL and MariaDB databases
- Basic familiarity of relational database and query languages, data structures, indexing and its impact on the application performance
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a senior applications engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior applications engineer
- Installing, configuring, documenting and maintaining Silver Spring Networks software applications
- Write Shell/Perl/Python scripts to automate daily and operational activities
- Engages with Distributors and or Customers to consult regarding applications and product selection
- Provides training to other engineers and technicians with respect to all applications support work and may direct the work of and evaluate co-ops
- Be prompt, reliable, and on time in all aspects of your engagement while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Perform any additional duties as required or assigned
- Analyze and clarify business requirements to implement server-side business logic and user interface (UI)
- Design, evaluate and fault find the RF portion of reference designs for Bluetooth, Zigbee and WLAN products working with high-end technology customers and strategic partners
- Mentor other engineers and manage the onboarding process for new hires
- Provide guidance and support to associates in solving issues, removing blockers, and proposing fixes to meet the project deliveries
Qualifications for senior applications engineer
- Requires Bachelor's degree and 5 - 7 years of related experience
- Bachelors Degree in Chemistry or Engineering and 5 years of professional experience with analyzers
- Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry and 5 years of experience with Gas Chromatographs
- 5 years of internal combustion engine or engine component experience
- APQP methods (Advanced Product Quality Planning)
- OEM product development systems and processes
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of senior applications engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior applications engineer
- Formulates plans and implements changes to drive continuous product and product line improvements, with input from various internal and external channels, in a cross functional environment
- May manage departmental projects including, budget, timeline, resource planning and reporting
- Independently manage and grow relationship with OEM and tier customer engineering/technical teams acting as front-line bearing expert
- Employ problem solving strategies to correct technical errors with rapid response
- Independently manage and document engineering activities from the start of business opportunity until end of production, including specification phase, prototype phase, industrialization phase, series production phase and warranty phase
- Actively identify and pursue new bearing business opportunities by understanding customer concerns and evolving needs
- Translate those customer needs into specific technical requirements so that SKF research and product development can act upon them
- Create and deliver technical presentations and/or training events to large customer groups
- Promote and emphasize first-time quality by offering critical assessment of product or processes and employ continuous improvement activities such as lessons learned, read across, DfSS, lean thinking, etc
- Automation of business processes using PowerShell and/or other scripting languages
Qualifications for senior applications engineer
- BS in EE, CE or related fields with 5 years of work experience or MS in EE, CE or related field with 3 year of work experience
- Understanding of, or experience with, industrial electrical systems, switchgear and equipment
- Wireless configuration and deployment knowledge as it relates to integration into distributed control systems, HMI and SCADA systems
- A minimum of BS in Engineering, preferably in electrical engineering or physics and 5+ years of Solid State Lighting experience
- Applicant must have a proven track record of technical customer support with the automotive industry
- Experience with Continuous Deployment/ Continuous Integration Git or other Source Control software
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Our company is looking for a senior applications engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior applications engineer
- Participates in monthly low margin order review
- Serves as Project Manager for complex designs, managing overall project from initial conception to shipment of final product
- Responsible for the technical promotion and support for ADI products and solutions
- Advise Arrow global centralized engineers on applicable products, solutions, hardware and software, design tools and models to aid in solving customer challenges
- Marketing collateral as needed to strengthen the market-readiness of ADI/Arrow solutions
- Technical expert for Arrow global digital marketing team
- Actions both routine and complex enquiries for technical information
- Optimise specification for customer engines ensuring the appropriate engines and technology are selected
- Engage in customers NPI programs providing support and guidance to allow machine development teams to plan and undertake installation test and validation activities in a timely and effective manner
- Fully complete Installation Appraisal Reports with sign off responsibility to identify and resolve customer’s engine installation issues
Qualifications for senior applications engineer
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in application, information or network administration
- Drive to win, desire to work with customers and help them solve complex problems
- Sense of urgency with personal commitment to the success of the customer, your products and your teammates
- Must possess a valid passport and be able to travel internationally, if required
- Detailed project planning, setting aggressive milestones, meeting interim deliverable deadlines, tracking & reporting project progress all while working on tight deadlines is a must
- Willing to travel occasionally as needed to provide on-site support for our customers