Application Engineer

Job Title: Application Engineer / Technical Sales Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Position remains open; only application link update's daily

We’re looking for a Technical Sales Engineer to help us reduce energy and water waste in industrial processes and drive real-world impact. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of technology, sales, and customer experience, focused on delivering scalable, high-value solutions.

You’ll play a key role in helping us more than double our North American business over the next two years, with a strong focus on expanding our membrane technology, especially in the bioethanol sector.

What you’ll do:

• Customer Engagement & Solution Development
• Represent our values, standards, and safety culture in all customer interactions
• Partner with Sales and customers to understand challenges, analyze process data, and develop practical, membrane-based solutions
• Support Sales in presenting the technical aspects of our technologies to customers through virtual and in-person meetings
• Communicate technical and economic value clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, positioning as the preferred solution
• Solution Design & Value Creation
• Develop conceptual designs of solutions designed to address customer needs, such as energy efficiency, water usage, and overall operational performance improvements.
• Develop process simulation models to quantify and validate the expected performance and benefits of proposed solutions.
• Estimate and monetize project benefits, including utility savings, production impacts, carbon credit generation, and other economic drivers.
• Prepare preliminary capital cost estimates, including engineering, equipment, construction, and installation.
• Use techno-economic evaluations (ROI, payback time) to compare, refine, and optimize alternative solution concepts, and clearly communicate the trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to early-stage front-end loading / gated development of opportunities by maturing technical scope, cost basis, and risk understanding prior to commercial commitments.
• Develop front-end engineering deliverables to support solution definition, including process flow diagrams, heat and material balances, utility summaries, equipment lists, and basis of design documentation.
• Perform preliminary sizing of major process equipment, including pumps, heat exchangers, vessels, membranes, piping systems, and others.
• Identify and document technical risks, assumptions, and open items to support aligned internal decision-making.
• Deliver a high-quality, value-driven customer experience using structured, data-driven approaches
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement
• Support continuous improvement of products, tools, and solution methodologies
• Stay informed on industry trends, competitive technologies, and integration opportunities
• Other related duties as assigned

Education:

• B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced degree (M.Sc.) is considered an asset.

Experience

• 5 years of experience in process engineering, solution development, or technical-commercial roles within industrial, energy, or chemical sectors
• 3 years of experience with process simulation tools (e.g., Aspen Plus, HYSYS, ChemCAD, Symmetry, or equivalent)
• Experience in a Technical Sales Engineering, Applications Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical-commercial role is considered an asset
• Experience developing mass and energy balances, utility balances, and process performance models for customer-specific applications
• Experience working directly with customers in technical or commercial roles
• Experience with brownfield integration, plant modifications, or retrofit projects is an asset
• Familiarity with ethanol production processes, or membrane technologies is an asset

Additional pay:

• Bonus Pay