The Chief Applications Engineer shall be routinely involved with all aspects of assigned projects for Electron Beam Welding, Advanced Arc Welding and Resistance Welding Systems.  The Chief AE shall be a working manager that shall perform AE duties, as well as coordinate the activities for the Application Engineers to generate proposals for the Sales department with a primary emphasis on machine welding applications.  The Chief AE will also work with the engineering, manufacturing and test departments to facilitate the project management activities for the company, and this person shall provide an efficient communication link between staff, customers and visitors.  This job description indicates the general nature and level of the work that is expected.  It is not designed to contain a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities.  Other duties may be required.

Responsibilities:
 Processes equipment RFQs and write proposals for the company. Outline/highlight any special areas in buyer specifications to comply with buyer's requirements, and formulate/direct the execution of the associated proposals.
Work with sales and engineering in the research and gathering of information related to the preparation of equipment design details, costs and specifications, direct initial concepts and identify application specific challenges.
Directly support the project management work efforts and the application engineers with equipment proposals and welding processes, and act as the technical and contract liaison for the customer
Ensure that contracted specifications are adhered too during execution of the assigned contracts, and that the projects are maintained within targeted timelines, schedules and costs.
Responsible for coordinating design reviews and teleconferences, as well as interfacing with customer personnel on assigned projects. The Chief AE will be directly involved in all assigned
 internal project meetings and be the designated liaison for Sciaky engineers to forward information, questions, and requests to customer personnel
Support customers in laboratory work related to welding applications.
Responsibility will be to provide overall technical understanding of the project goals and to provide a channel of communication between all the involved parties both technical and contractual
 
Qualifications:
 Bachelors Degree in Welding Engineering, Metallurgy or equivalent
5 to 10 years of technical and manufacturing experience in welding systems, process automation, sensors and controls
Previous knowledge in a technical industry with electrical and mechanical machine tool design experience.
Good working knowledge of MS Office, MS Project and a general understanding of CAD modeling software