Are you an experienced Product Sales/ Applications Engineer with a strong customer engagement and project management background Knape & Vogt a leader in innovative hardware and storage solutions is looking for a dynamic professional to join our team! Elevate your career with a role where your expertise is valued and rewarded.
Company Overview:
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for over 125 years. We are a global leader specializing in the design manufacture and distribution of functional hardware office and healthcare ergonomics and storagerelated components for original equipment manufacturers specialty distributors hardware chains and major home centers.
Whats In It For You
- Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more starting Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 401K with Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount Programs
- Bonus and Merit opportunities
What Will You Get To Do:
- Translate the needs and customer requirements into technical specifications/design inputs
- Provide input and oversight of the activities of the Product Engineers
- Work with customers to define all product application requirements necessary to gain product approval for production
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure final submissions accurately include all tooling and equipment
- Ensure product design meets product cost and overall capital budget parameters and is summarized for the project leads
- Ensure test and analysis validates the design meets requirements and is approved for production
- Solve technical issues associated with customer and product demands
- Work directly with Advance Quality Engineer (AQE) to ensure quality planning meets customer documentation needs
What Will You Bring:
- 5 years of experience in Product Applications or Designing Engineer
- Proven knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning Tolerancing)
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Customer facing experience
- Program/project management experience
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (BSM BSMET)
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office suite 3D CAD and ERP system