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Summary Role Overview

The Application Engineer champions solutions for Mott’s semiconductor customers and demonstrates Mott’s technical expertise in filtration, purification, and flow control. This role serves as the technical bridge between customers and Mott, rapidly identifying the right solution and delivering world-class service.

Working directly with the Commercial, R&D and Engineering teams, the Application Engineer understands customer requirements, proposes solutions with existing Mott products or through the development of new products, estimates costs accurately, and defines appropriate test methods to measure product performance and coordinates cross-functional responses to customers. The role also captures insight into customer applications to help shape Mott’s long-term semiconductor product strategy and roadmap.

Responsibilities

Customer Solution Development

• Serve as a primary technical resource to understand customer requirements and develop application-specific solutions.
• Understand the customer application, process conditions, contamination-control needs, and performance requirements to recommend appropriate products and configurations for semiconductor fab, OEMs and Materials suppliers.
• Perform product sizing, component selection, system configuration, and application calculations.
• Develop technical recommendations that balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Support customer inquiries throughout the sales and project lifecycle.

Commercial Support

• Partner with the Commercial team to communicate Mott’s technical capabilities, product advantages, and customer value.
• Support quotation development through technical scope definition, product recommendations, and risk identification.
• Participate in customer discussions, technical reviews, presentations, and proposal activities.
• Help translate customer requirements into commercially viable solutions and support opportunity conversion.

Cost Estimation

• Build timely and accurate cost estimates for the Commercial team.
• Understand how recommended technical solutions affect business financials and EBITDA returns.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Engineering teams to deliver customer solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, technical problem-solving, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support resolution of technical issues during manufacturing, testing, and customer implementation.
• Share application insights and lessons learned to help shape Mott’s long-term semiconductor product strategy.

Key Business Challenges

• Working with limited published data on porous metals and their use in customer applications.
• Communicating technical value effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Balancing customer expectations, engineering requirements, and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics or any relevant Engineering discipline. Master’s degree or PhD is desirable.
• 5 years’ experience in the industry in a technical and / or customer-facing role; Experience in semiconductor industry as a process / yield / equipment or facilities engineering is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of semiconductor fab processes, equipment, with understanding of defect control and yield are preferred.
• Experience with fluid dynamics, contamination control, and materials and fittings used in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and/or launch new products.

Attributes & Skills

• Customer focus: Understands customer requirements and develops practical engineering solutions that create value.
• Technical expertise: Applies engineering fundamentals to solve filtration, flow, and process-system challenges.
• Commercial awareness: Understands how technical decisions influence cost, pricing, manufacturability, and business outcomes.
• Problem solving: Uses analytical thinking and engineering principles to address complex technical issues.
• Communication skills: Clearly communicates technical concepts to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Project execution: Manages multiple priorities while delivering accurate work on time and within budget.
• Adaptability: Performs effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and competing demands.
• Values-based leadership: Demonstrates Mott's values of Acting Like an Owner, Believing in Possibilities, Caring Deeply, and Setting High Standards.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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