What are the responsibilities and job description for the Applications Engineer III position at Sigma Design?
Applications Engineer
Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing firm. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, we offer innovative concept through production services to diverse clients around the globe. Sigma Design believes in hiring, developing, and recognizing the best. We offer competitive compensation, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, quarterly bonus program, 15-days of accrued PTO and 9 company paid holidays. In addition, Sigma Design has multiple options for medical insurance and dental insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits: vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Position Details:
The Applications Engineer III works as a technical lead between customers and engineering teams to develop high-level designs, project plans, and implementation strategies for moderately complex, multidisciplinary projects while independently setting project direction.
Essential Job Functions - Responsibilities:
Standard office environment with normal office related conditions. Occasionally may be required to travel on-site to customers and events such as tradeshows.
Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing firm. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, we offer innovative concept through production services to diverse clients around the globe. Sigma Design believes in hiring, developing, and recognizing the best. We offer competitive compensation, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, quarterly bonus program, 15-days of accrued PTO and 9 company paid holidays. In addition, Sigma Design has multiple options for medical insurance and dental insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits: vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Position Details:
- This position will be Hybrid, 2 to 3 days in office, 2 to 3 days at home. Will be available in-office for customer meetings, customer visits, visiting to customer sites, occasional tradeshows.
- Salary: $110,000-140,000
The Applications Engineer III works as a technical lead between customers and engineering teams to develop high-level designs, project plans, and implementation strategies for moderately complex, multidisciplinary projects while independently setting project direction.
Essential Job Functions - Responsibilities:
- Independently interface with clients to understand complex requirements and deliver accurate project scope
- Identify and quantify project risks and develop comprehensive mitigation strategies
- Effectively host and lead internal and external meetings to review project estimates and architecture
- Provide realistic, accurate cost estimates to business development for formal client quotations
- Create high-level system architecture for moderately complex projects
- Independently set direction for projects of moderate complexity
- Anticipate client needs and collaborate proactively with business development
- Own several subsystems, modules, and processes while defining requirements
- Interface directly with customers without oversight
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop products consistent with Sigma Design's brand
- Create detailed, comprehensive project proposals
- Lead continual improvement initiatives for estimating procedures
- Resolve complex problems during and after implementation
- Communicate and implement Sigma Design’s best practices with clients
- Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data and reduce information security occurrences.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering field; Mechanical Engineering degree preferred
- Strong understanding of upstream and downstream design impacts
- Extensive experience interacting with clients across broad spectrum of projects
- Proven ability to identify and quantify complex cost factors and project variables
- Significant multidisciplinary project experience across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems
- Deep familiarity with fabricated parts processes and procurement strategies
- Excellent teamwork/interpersonal skills with proven client interface abilities
- Demonstrate commitment and adherence to Sigma Design Core Values
- Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Pass a post-offer background verification
Standard office environment with normal office related conditions. Occasionally may be required to travel on-site to customers and events such as tradeshows.
Salary : $110,000 - $140,000