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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Application Engineer - **Company:** Igus Inc. - **Location:** East Providence, RI, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Computer-Aided Design, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint, Value Engineering - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=59b3e759e0723733 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required. * Knowledge of wire harnessing processes, tooling and industry standards. * Strong technical skills: able to present technical concepts; provide customers with hands-on technique using our products. * Self-starter; motivated, team focused and results driven. * Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills. * Familiar with best manufacturing and assembly practices/ techniques. * Familiar with Item Master and Bill of Materials. * Requires demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing engineering discipline, theories, practices and principles. * Requires knowledge necessary to perform the job function such as an understanding of the engineering change order process, product development process, value engineering etc. * Strong Product technology, change management, problem solving, communication skills, customer orientation, personal effectiveness, team skills, and quality. * Knowledge of CAD tools. * Requires additional knowledge of systems and software necessary such as MS Visio, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint. ## Description As an Application Engineer you will be responsible for our business area of readychain® and readycable®. Together with customers, you design/ configure ready-to-install energy chain systems that are individually tailored to an application or machine. You will demonstrate your organizational talent in coordinating and prioritizing a number of simultaneous projects in different statuses. Smart and creative process consulting for clients is part of what you do to reduce their costs and/or improve their technology. With communication skills, you lead price negotiations, new product introduction, manufacturing, and customer support., * Assist with configuration/ design of readychain® and readycable® products. * Perform detailed review of customer drawings to identify best manufacturing approach with cost-effective component selection. * Interfacing with the electronics and material suppliers, and internally with sales, as required to solicit competitive material quotes. * Calculate material and labor cost, tooling and test requirements, and pricing in support of product quotation requests. * Develop/ document assembly drawings and manufacturing processes. * Coordinate with multiple teams including: New Product Introduction, First Article builds, and First Article Inspections. * Communicate with sales and/ or customers to ensure their technical needs are being met. * Interact with quality, sales, and/ or customers with product quality issues to find the best solution moving forward. * Provide support to the manufacturing teams by resolving technical issues related to the product, assembly process, and tooling. * Work closely with Process Engineering for continuous improvement of techniques, process documentation, tooling, assembly aids, etc. * Coordinate and execute Engineering Change Orders, Waiver/ Deviations, and Documentation Change Orders with assistance from multiple Operations Teams. ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [In-depth .NET Azure Functions: Isolated mode, performance and durable AI agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100207-in-depth-net-azure-functions-isolated-mode-performance-and-durable-ai-agents) - [Developing the Rich Text Editor for DeepL.com](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1172-developing-the-rich-text-editor-for-deepl-com) - [You’re a great coder? 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