ITT is an industrial manufacturer of critical, engineered components that serve fast-growing end markets in transportation, flow, energy, aerospace and defense. The company’s differentiation is sustained through a combination of several factors: execution, the quality of its leadership and our DNA as an engineering leader. We have a clear purpose as an organization: to provide our customers with cutting-edge solutions to help solve their most critical needs.

 The company generated 2023 revenues of $3.3 billion and is comprised of three distinct segments: 

• Motion Technologies ($1.5B revenue) is a global leader in brake pads, shock absorbers and sealing solutions for the automotive and rail markets
• Industrial Process ($1.1B revenue) is a global leader in centrifugal and twin-screw pumps for the chemical, energy, mining and industrial markets
• Connect & Control Technologies ($0.7B) is a niche player in harsh environment connectors and control components in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets.

 ITT is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut with over 10,000 employees in more than 35 countries and sales in approximately 125 countries.

The Field Applications Engineer (FAE) works closely with the Cannon North Americas Sales team and directly with customer engineers to recommend products and technical solutions for new design applications. The FAE will engage with the customers’ engineering team to identify system design requirements, unmet technical challenges and lead the solution development to meet the customer’s needs. The FAE will lead the technical identification and product development, coordinating activities with internal team functions including sales, product management, engineering, and operations to ensure success from concept through production. The FAE will provide design solutions, models, and technical proposals and prototypes acting as the lead engineering point of contact with the customer to secure new designs.

The FAE will report to the Senior Product Manager for Transportation & Industrial North America.

• Provide product and technical solutions capability presentations to customers
• Primary point of contact between customer engineering and internal cross functional team
• Manage and coordinate multiple activities related to Sales, Engineering, Product Management and Operational support
• Build relationships with customer technical community to:
  • Identify technical requirements of new designs
  • Understand technical market trends and identify product expansion opportunities
  • Capture Voice of Customer
  • Develop and present technical solutions to capture new design wins
• General engineering product set up, design and management including the design of new components and assemblies

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Connector design engineering experience (10+ years) will be considered in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of related industry experience, connector design.
• Strong understanding of connector, cable and system design and manufacturing
• Demonstrated ability to directly manager customer engagements including excellent written and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Team player with demonstrated leadership skills working across functional departments
• Organizational skills to anticipate, prioritize, plan, organize to meet and exceed strategic objectives with relentless focus on customer satisfaction
• The ability to travel periodically (up to 40%)

Preferred:

• Experience in the Transportation & Industrial markets (Rail, Heavy Vehicles, Energy)
• Experience in Harsh Environment Circular Connectors, Electrical Cabling, High Power or High-Speed Data transfer a plus
• Knowledge in the use of high-performance thermoplastics, aluminums and copper alloys and the manufacturing requirements needed to utilize them
• Location: Orange County, CA surrounding area

We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.

Annual salary range is from $100,00.00 to $149,700.00, plus benefits & incentive plans.