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# Senior Technical Application Consultant

- **Company:** Harting Inc. Of North America
- **Location:** Elgin, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Services, Data Centers, Systems Architecture
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6d613319299b9da6

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field. 5+ years of experience in application engineering, field engineering, or product development
 * Ability to move beyond product selection into solution conceptualization.
 * Skilled at building strong relationships with engineering teams.
 * Experience with providing early design guidance and concept development.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical Application Consultant (Hybrid; based in Elgin, Illinois) to join our growing team. The Senior Technical Application Consultant is an embedded, customer-facing technical expert dedicated to supporting a strategic hyperscale data center account. This role provides rapid-response application engineering support, drives design collaboration, and serves as the primary technical interface between the customer and internal product and engineering teams. The Senior Technical Application Consultant operates as a solutions-oriented partner, contributing to system-level design concepts, accelerating issue resolution, and enabling design wins at scale

HARTING aims to be a trusted advisor to HARTING customers and positions itself as the go-to source expert for industrial connectivity solutions. We partner directly with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Distribution partners for standard product, designed-in value-added products, and Product Development initiatives.

To succeed in this role, you will be highly driven to:

 * Serve as the primary technical point of contact and respond rapidly to engineering needs.
 * Triage technical issues and drive resolution across internal teams.
 * Support new product designs, integration, and system-level architecture discussions.
 * Partner with account teams to secure design wins and support qualification builds.
 * Translate customer requirements and field insights into actionable feedback.
 * Align customer timelines with internal engineering and program management.
 * Maintain technical documentation and deliver training.
 * Other duties as assigned.
 * Travel 30-40%
 * Must have valid passport for periodic international travel


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