Search beyond titles
We recruit around the actual equipment, processes, systems and responsibilities behind the title so strong candidates are not missed because another plant calls the job something different.
APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING RECRUITING
Manufacturing Applications Engineer Recruiter
Recruit applications engineers who bridge technical products, manufacturing processes, customers and sales teams.
SEARCH BY THE WORK, NOT JUST THE TITLE
Applications engineers can sit anywhere between design, process, sales and customer support. Select what matters for your opening.
Titles vary from plant to plant. Compass searches around the actual work: equipment, software, processes, materials, controls, tolerances, standards and the environment where the person will succeed.
Select as much or as little as you know. We will use your choices to build a more useful search.
BUILD YOUR MATCH
What are you looking for?
Select the skills and experience you want in your next hire.
Customer-Facing
Engineering
Manufacturing
Commercial
Employer selections are sent into the Compass Talent Tool. Candidate selections stay attached to your search so a recruiter can see the skills you chose without exposing private client information.
APPLICATIONS ENGINEERS SKILLS
The details matter in manufacturing.
These are common skills, systems and technologies Compass may use when sourcing and evaluating applications engineers. The list is a starting point—not a requirement that one person have everything.
- Technical Presentations
- Demos
- Customer Training
- Pre-Sales Support
- Post-Sales Support
- Site Visits
- Requirements Gathering
- Mechanical Design
- Electrical Design
- Controls
- CAD
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- PLC
- Robotics
- Motion Control
- Machining
- Automation
- Plastics
- Industrial Equipment
- Process Improvement
- Tooling
- Fixtures
- Cycle Time
- Quoting
- RFQs
- Cost Estimating
- Proposal Development
- Sales Support
- Product Selection
- Solution Design
WHY COMPASS
A manufacturing search should start with understanding the work.
National manufacturing focus
Compass focuses on manufacturing roles across the United States—from skilled technical positions through engineering, quality, sales and plant leadership.
Use CompassLY to go deeper
The Talent Tool turns the role and skills you select here into search criteria so you can preview relevant talent before starting a full search.
RELATED MANUFACTURING SPECIALTIES
Explore other Compass recruiting specialties.
Need a Applications Engineer?
Select the skills above and search Compass talent—or tell us what the role needs and let us recruit it.