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The Impact You’ll Make
Our Danfoss Power Solutions team in Ames is seeking an experienced Lead Application Engineer to join our team! Read below to see if this is the right fit for you!
What You’ll Be Doing
Develop strong mobile machine expertise through research, testing and analyzing agricultural, construction, material handling, turf and specialty machines. Work with the technical sales team to evaluate customer specifications, contributing to technical proposals that lead to new business, responding to technical requests. Provide technical training, evaluate product applications and document activities; select and specify DPS products, ensuring conformance to component application requirements and machine performance expectations. Design system control architecture, logic and parameters to meet safety, performance and life requirements. Develop and propose innovative proof‑of‑concept application software solutions (PLUS+1). Research, develop, analyze and test alternate machine system designs for feasibility, cost, operation and performance in the mobile machine market. Investigate machine problems or component failures and recommend remedial actions, system design changes or alternate components or features. Identify and recommend product design improvements to the DPS component engineering teams. What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electromechanical, Electrical, or Agricultural Engineering. 10 years experience designing hydraulic, hybrid and electric off‑highway machine systems, including selection of hydrostatic transmission components, electric DC motors, inverters and circuit design to meet customer specifications for performance and reliability. 10 years experience instrumenting and testing hydrostatic transmissions, hybrid and electric off‑highway machine systems to verify system performance, verify system reliability, or troubleshoot relevant hydraulic, hybrid and electric systems. 10 years experience interacting with customers to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements. 5 years experience managing projects and mentoring junior engineers. 5 years experience with PLUS+1 programming environment to realize control system architecture. 5 years experience with CAN bus and/or other control protocols. What You’ll Get from Us
We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. Flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work‑life balance. Your well‑being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great. Ready to Make a Difference?
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
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Develop strong mobile machine expertise through research, testing and analyzing agricultural, construction, material handling, turf and specialty machines. Work with the technical sales team to evaluate customer specifications, contributing to technical proposals that lead to new business, responding to technical requests. Provide technical training, evaluate product applications and document activities; select and specify DPS products, ensuring conformance to component application requirements and machine performance expectations. Design system control architecture, logic and parameters to meet safety, performance and life requirements. Develop and propose innovative proof‑of‑concept application software solutions (PLUS+1). Research, develop, analyze and test alternate machine system designs for feasibility, cost, operation and performance in the mobile machine market. Investigate machine problems or component failures and recommend remedial actions, system design changes or alternate components or features. Identify and recommend product design improvements to the DPS component engineering teams. What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electromechanical, Electrical, or Agricultural Engineering. 10 years experience designing hydraulic, hybrid and electric off‑highway machine systems, including selection of hydrostatic transmission components, electric DC motors, inverters and circuit design to meet customer specifications for performance and reliability. 10 years experience instrumenting and testing hydrostatic transmissions, hybrid and electric off‑highway machine systems to verify system performance, verify system reliability, or troubleshoot relevant hydraulic, hybrid and electric systems. 10 years experience interacting with customers to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements. 5 years experience managing projects and mentoring junior engineers. 5 years experience with PLUS+1 programming environment to realize control system architecture. 5 years experience with CAN bus and/or other control protocols. What You’ll Get from Us
We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. Flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work‑life balance. Your well‑being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great. Ready to Make a Difference?
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
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