System Sales Applications Engineer Intralogistics
Cincinnati, OH - USA
Job Summary
Position Summary
The System Sales Applications Engineer Intralogistics is responsible for providing pre-sales technical leadership and applications engineering support for Regal Rexnords Intralogistics system solutions. This role partners closely with the Intralogistics sales team and operations to translate customer requirements into winning technical solutions system concepts proposals and estimates. The successful candidate brings a strong understanding of material handling and intralogistics workflows (conveyance sortation accumulation pallet handling warehouse automation interfaces) and can rapidly develop system concepts perform equipment sizing create BOMs and cost models and support proposal development through order conversion.
This position is a critical technical interface with customers and internal stakeholders and plays a key role in ensuring solutions meet performance safety quality and delivery expectations while supporting profitable growth for ASBU.
Key Accountabilities / Essential Functions
Pre-Sales Applications Engineering & Solution Development
- Engage with customers integrators and internal sales to define system requirements performance criteria constraints and success measures.
- Develop conceptual system designs (layouts operating descriptions control narratives at a high level throughput assumptions and equipment selection) aligned to customer needs.
- Perform preliminary engineering calculations and equipment sizing (e.g. conveyor sizing motor/drive selection accumulation logic assumptions capacity/throughput checks).
- Build system Bills of Material (BOM) scope-of-supply definitions and technical clarifications to support accurate proposals.
- Develop labor/installation assumptions risk and opportunity assessments and cost estimates to support quotation accuracy and margin targets.
- Lead/participate in technical reviews design-to-cost discussions and bid strategy sessions to improve win rate and profitability.
Proposal & Customer Technical Support
- Create and/or review proposal technical content: system descriptions compliance statements assumptions exclusions and performance commitments.
- Present solutions to customers (virtual and onsite) including system concepts value proposition and technical differentiators.
- Support contract review by ensuring alignment between offered scope technical requirements and internal execution capability.
- Collaborate with Sales to respond to RFQs/RFPs technical questionnaires and clarification cycles.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Handover to Execution
- Coordinate with engineering controls manufacturing/operations sourcing and project management to validate feasibility lead times and execution plans.
- Support orderly project handoff (scope assumptions design basis risks and commercial/technical commitments).
- Provide limited post-award technical support to execution teams when needed to protect scope integrity and customer satisfaction.
Continuous Improvement & Market/Portfolio Feedback
- Capture voice-of-customer and competitive insights; provide feedback to product management and leadership on gaps trends and growth opportunities.
- Standardize estimating tools proposal templates and solution modules to reduce cycle time and improve quoting consistency.
- Promote and model Regal Rexnords safety culture and ensure solutions consider applicable safety standards guarding and best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechatronics or related discipline OR equivalent experience in intralogistics systems applications.
- 3 years of experience in applications engineering system sales engineering solutions development or design/estimating in material handling/intralogistics.
- Working knowledge of intralogistics equipment and system interactions (e.g. conveyor modules sortation concepts accumulation pallet handling merges/diverts transfers).
- Strong customer-facing communication skills: ability to translate operational needs into technical solutions and present them clearly.
- Experience developing cost estimates BOMs and scope documents for engineered systems.
- Proficiency with common engineering/office tools (e.g. Excel-based costing PowerPoint proposals layout review tools such as AutoCAD/2D layout viewers or equivalent).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting integrators distribution centers e-commerce fulfillment parcel or manufacturing intralogistics operations.
- Familiarity with controls concepts and interfaces (basic PLC/I/O architecture awareness control narratives sensor/actuator fundamentals).
- Exposure to throughput modeling simulation or capacity analysis tools (as available in the business).
- Experience with CRM and quoting/ERP tools (e.g. Salesforce SAP Oracle or equivalent).
- Knowledge of relevant safety and compliance expectations for material handling systems (guarding concepts risk assessment awareness).
Travel: Up to 3050% (customer sites internal design reviews commissioning support as needed)
Benefits
- Medical Dental Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power transmit and control motion. The Companys electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Companys automation offering comprised of controls actuators drives and precision motors controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Companys end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds and include factory automation food & beverage aerospace medical data center warehouse alternative energy residential and commercial buildings general industrial construction metals and mining and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions Power Efficiency Solutions and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information including a copy of our Sustainability Report visit .
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex/gender sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy age ancestry national origin genetic information marital status citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract) disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds perspectives and skills. If youd like to view a copy of the companys affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement please email you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application please e-mail
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About Company
Regal Beloit and Rexnord Corporation merged in 2001 to create Regal Rexnord. Find out more about the brands that make up our power transmission portfolio.