Senior Application Engineer

BizLink elocab Ltd, is a leading manufacturer of custom cables and custom cable systems. We are a high growth company selling to Fortune 500 firms with branches around the globe.

We are considered to be a technology leader in providing custom designs and production for demanding cable applications in the Semiconductor, Medical and Industrial markets.

Working with high profile clients has allowed us to meet and exceed our customers’ requirements, resulting in more business opportunities.

Due to continued above average growth we are looking for a Senior Application Engineer to support our Freemont, California region .

Areas of Responsibility :

• become the main technological interface for dedicated key customers
• work and manage new product development projects along-side with the clients’ engineering groups and ELOCAB’s product specialists across various production sites
• become engrained in the customer’s own project management structure, understand, participate and drive new and upcoming projects to ensure long-term AVL-positioning for ELOCAB’s products
• Help sales identify / influence key decision makers within customer’s engineering, NPI, and purchasing divisions
• Consult customers with regards to optimized interconnect solutions, balancing customers expectations, ELOCAB’s manufacturing capabilities as well as new technologies
• liaise with ELOCAB manufacturing / site-engineering to step-wise introduce new technological trends necessary to meet customer’s future requirements and thus successively enhance manufacturing expertise
• maintain close coordination with field application engineers, technical staff as well as sales colleagues and management in other ELOCAB offices to facilitate knowledge exchange
• establish and manage / track project management structures (milestones, project organization etc.).

Required Skill-Set

extensive technical expertise regarding electrical, electro-mechanical, optical key parameters as well as good understanding of mechanical engineering challenges;

expertise in demands of the medical equipment manufacturing industry would be considered an additional asset

• strong technical background in interconnect applications, regarding custom cable, connector, assembly design
• multiple years of market expertise, preferably in the pertaining industries experience
• proven track record in working along-side or managing client teams in for a certain product line / division
• willingness to travel regularly to Europe and Canada.
• willingness to spend 2-3 months in Germany and Canada as part of the onboarding and training process.
• must be living in the Bay area or willing to relocate to the Bay area.
• experience in working within global enterprises, across multiple cultures and several international facilities
• authentic, loyal and integer personality with good reputation in the industry
• structured problem solving capabilities, self-motivated and organized personality focused on accomplishing objectives
• self-starter with outstanding communication and negotiation skills
• language skills : native in English; German is considered an asset
• education : master / bachelor in electrical engineering or comparable education / field experience
30+ days ago