At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.
If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.
We are seeking a highly motivated Application Engineer II to support customer-focused engineering solutions across Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor, Energy, Industrial, and Life Sciences markets. This role requires demonstrated engineering experience and the ability to independently execute moderately complex design, analysis, and application engineering activities while partnering with customers, commercial teams, manufacturing, quality, and product development organizations to deliver reliable and innovative solutions.Key Responsibilities
As an Application Engineer-II, you will independently support customer applications, lead moderately complex engineering activities, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while serving as a key technical resource within the organization. Operating with limited supervision, you will apply established engineering principles to solve customer challenges, improve product performance, and support strategic business objectives.
Essential Duties
Technical Leadership & Customer Partnership
- Deliver technical solutions: Provide engineering support to customers, sales, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure customer requirements are successfully addressed.
- Develop trusted partnerships: Collaborate directly with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and identify application improvements.
- Lead design execution: Generate and approve engineering proposals that align customer expectations with Greene Tweed capabilities.
- Represent Engineering expertise: Participate in customer meetings, technical reviews, and industry discussions to support business objectives.
Product Development & Material Expertise
- Optimize material selection: Evaluate application requirements and recommend appropriate material solutions based on performance criteria and customer specifications.
- Perform engineering analysis: Conduct moderately complex design analyses on components and assemblies using established engineering methodologies.
- Drive product quality: Define testing, qualification, and validation approaches while preparing and approving technical reports when required.
- Ensure production readiness: Review engineering models, drawings, and documentation to ensure compliance with manufacturing and quality requirements.
Innovation, Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
- Analyse product performance: Lead investigations of returned products, identify failure modes, and recommend design or application improvements.
- Support strategic initiatives: Contribute to cross-functional projects and corporate objectives through effective collaboration and technical decision making.
- Improve operational excellence: Generate and maintain work instructions and engineering standards aligned with industry requirements.
- Promote continuous improvement: Apply engineering best practices and Lean principles to improve processes, product performance, and customer satisfaction.
Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.
Required Minimum Qualifications
Education/Certifications: B.Sc. in Engineering required
Skills and Experience:
- 3-6 years of experience in an engineering or design environment.
- Experience using 3D CAD software; knowledge of FEA systems preferred.
- Strong computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work effectively across functional and organizational boundaries.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Experience in polymer, plastics, or elastomer design/manufacturing preferred.
- Basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma principles; White Belt preferred.
- Experience performing engineering analysis and technical problem solving.
- Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and work assignments.
- Demonstrated customer-focused approach and technical decision-making capability.
Job Environment:
Physical Requirements:
Standing Occasionally (16-45%)
Sitting Frequently (46-100%)
Lifting Up to 10lbs without assistance
Carrying Up to 10lbs without assistance
Walking Occasionally (16-45%)
Hearing Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)
Vision Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses
Mental Requirements:
Problem Solving Frequently (46-100%)
Making Decisions Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact
Supervise Rarely (0-15%)
Interpret Data Frequently (46-100%)
Organize Frequently (46-100%)
Read/Write Frequently (46-100%)
Communication Frequently (46-100%)
Work Environment
High Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)
Low Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)
Noises Moderate (business office with computers, printers and light office noises)
Fumes Exposure Occasionally (16-45%)
Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.
