Applications Engineer

IDEX Corporation

Applications Engineer at IDEX providing technical expertise in polymeric sealing solutions across diverse industries. Collaborating with customers to meet engineering needs and product specifications.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeBrenham • Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide advanced engineering support for PPE product s and services , including elastomeric & thermoplastic seals, and custom sealing systems.
Review customer technical requirements, specifications, and operating conditions to recommend optimal seal designs.
Provide detailed technical proposals, product recommendations, product designs, and material selections based on customer and industry requirements.
Oversee failure analysis, root cause investigations, and corrective action recommendations.
Prepare detailed manufacturing drawings including appropriate tolerances , limits and fits for non-O-Ring product.
Support sales, product management, and other functions to promote PPE materials, products and services at customer sites, technical seminars, trade shows and industry forums.
Attend customer meetings, technical reviews, and site visits as needed to provide expert consultation.
Support the sales teams to ensure timely and accurate response to RFQs (Request For Quotation) through the CRM system.
Deliver technical presentations including generic and specialised training courses to internal & external customers and suppliers.
Manage and control SKU’s for through J.D Edwards.
Work with customers, sales and product management functions to develop detailed and relevant specifications for new product developments.
Work closely with R&D and manufacturing functions along with identified third part ies to develop materials, products and services.
Ensures that new and existing products meet customer and industry requirements.
Work with sales functions to leverage the commercial opportunities resulting from the qualification of new & existing products and services.
Identify emerging technological, political and market trends to enhancing the product portfolio.
Build a detailed understanding of customer & industry requirements and competitor offerings for sealing materials, products and services within target segments.
Provides voice of customer to contribute to development of product strategy and product development roadmaps.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering , Materials Engineering, related discipline or equivalent professional qualification.
Experience in either designing, developing and validating elastomeric sealing solutions or having experience working with polymeric sealing products in the semi-conductor, energy, life-sciences, marine propulsion or similar industries.
Knowledge of polymeric sealing materials (e. g. elastomers, thermoplastics, composites) and associated manufacturing processes.
Competent user of 3D CAD systems (familiarity with SolidWorks would be an advantage), engineering analysis tools (e. g. FEA and FSD systems) and Microsoft Office products.
Understanding of mechanical design principles, including materials technology, stress analysis, fluid dynamics, tribology and thermodynamics.
Ability to understand customer and industry technical requirements including the interpretation of engineering drawings (geometry, dimensions, tolerances etc) and material/product and test specifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know.

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Hard Skills & Tools

elastomeric sealing solutionsthermoplastic sealing solutionsdesigningdevelopingvalidatingpolymeric sealing productsmechanical design principlesstress analysisfluid dynamicsthermodynamics

Soft Skills

technical consultationcommunicationpresentation skillscustomer understandingcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailanalytical thinkingproject managementsales support

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Materials EngineeringMaster’s degree in Materials Engineeringprofessional qualification