Position Title:  Application Engineer

Location: 

Eschenbach, DE, 92676

Job Category:  Sales
Shift:  Shift GLZ
Full Time / Part Time:  Full-Time
Job Level:  Individual Contributor
Approximate Travel:  25%
Job Description: 

Summary:

One of the purposes of the role is to support our customers in existing projects by solving technical questions and challenges, internally coordinating efforts with Operations and Quality departments.  Another important part of the role is to support customers in the development of new projects, ensuring technical and commercial feasibility.
 

Essential Functions:

  1. Technical support of assigned Accounts: 
    Assist in achieving the established sales plan and assist in solving quality topics
    Drive technical discussions with the customer to achieve our strategic initiatives (alternative raw material qualification, PCN’s, etc.) 
    Support plans to ramp up into series production.
  2. Assist colleagues with bids and tenders from a technical perspective
    Developing long-term relationships with clients, through managing and interpreting their requirements
  3. Assist and provide technical support for RFQ’s and design in activities, checking design rules, define technical specifications with customers
    Communicate the specific needs to develop competitive products.
  4. Technical expertise:
    Provide in-field training to Rogers’ Sales Engineers, Key Account Managers and customers.
    Developing technical presentations and demonstrating how a product meets client needs.
    Liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts
  5. Monitor, analyze, and report on competitive technological activities.
  6. Participate in strategic planning meetings and provide engineering inputs for developing products or modifying existing products.

Qualifications:

  • Engineering degree
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Good interpersonal and team working skills
  • Project management skills
  • Fluency in German and English language
  • Experience in working with customers in an international environment and with different cultural background
  • Power-electronics or micro-electronics manufacturing knowledge, good understanding of general electronics and applications
Additional Qualification Details:  No additional requirement needed

Who We Are and What We Are All About:

Rogers Corporation makes tomorrow's innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market-leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best-in-class organization. People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.

Why Work for Rogers:

It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value-driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top-notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!

Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.

About Rogers Corporation:

At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), we're changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem-solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market-leading solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.rogerscorp.com.