Position Summary
This engineering position based in Lexington, KY provides O-ring and seal design expertise regarding groove design and modification, material selection and failure analysis. Customers include Field Sales, Parker Distributors, OEM customers, internal Customer Service and Pricing as well as general engineering community.
Presentation skills are a must as engineer will conduct technical trainings and showcase technology developments at our onsite product school and when visiting customers.
Design tools include Marc Mentat FEA software and Autodesk Inventor
Responsibilities
Scope/Supervision and Interaction:
Reports to the Applications Engineering Lead. Has no direct supervisory responsibility. Must effectively interact with field sales, distributors, end customers and internal customers. Works with specific industries and customers to gain product approval with the goal of growing company sales. Works with minimal daily supervision, but keeps team leaders and staff informed of project status.
Essential Functions:
Assist customers in selecting the best rubber seal material for a given application and the design of their products to maximize service life. Assist customers with seal selection based on a customer drawing (using inPHorm and design tools such as spreadsheets, FEA) Perform failure analysis using laboratory results, photography equipment, and write report summarizing cause and effect for customer Support spaneting communications through generating literature ideas based on application success stories Interpreting and understand customer drawings, requirements, and specifications and making recommendations of Parker products Perform design analysis using Finite Element Analysis or Failure Analysis Assist with inquiries from customers via OES Mailbox (e-mail), Oracle, phones, RFQ quotation systems, and Live Chat via the internet Support field sales and distributors for Division Sales growth, maintaining Division’s premier customer service reputation. Perform training at semi-annual Product Schools and on site at customer locations
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Qualifications
Equal Employment Opportunity
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