Field Application Engineer III - APS Group Eng Materials Group N. America Division Assembly & Protections Solutions APS Location USA Bldg B Cary NC LORD
Job Family: Engineering Job Type: Regular Posted: Feb 6, 2026 Job ID: 62932 Back to Search Results Job Saved
Job Description
The Field Application Engineer III role will provide local technical support to a key customers manufacturing, engineering sites, and their use of Parker Lord chemical adhesives, coatings, and materials. The position will require significant travel to the customers engineering and manufacturing site in the Bay Area as well as supporting other customer sites within the US and international manufacturing locations as needed. Additionally, the role will serve to support and provide guidance to the Application Engineers supporting this same customer in other US and International locations as well as providing Application Engineering support for other opportunities, customers in the West Coast of the United States and Western Canada Territories as needed.
Responsibilities
The Field Application Engineer III will be the lead technical contact for a priority customer with greater than $120M of product usage. The position requires significant drive, independence, and communication due to it being a field assignment. The role operates under limited direction while conceiving, organizing, promoting, and executing ideas and plans to increase the organizations value to customers while meeting division business objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
• Daily interfacing with customer engineering operators and staff • Remote interfacing with Parker Lord manufacturing technology and business staff • Leading all technical-related communications with customer, including new product applications, managing LSR work data, etc. • Providing routine and non-routine product application and troubleshooting support in a customer manufacturing environment • Conducting chemical product and application training for customer, Parker Lord, and external sales staff • Providing strategic technical leadership by identifying new areas of technical and business opportunity • Proactively leading activities that provide general support to the department, company, or technology • Actively seeking out and collaborating with industry organizations or technology firms to broaden technical knowledge and market-competitive information • Promoting safety and may lead in the development of new safety initiatives
Competencies and Qualifications
Must possess strong safety awareness with adherence to company quality standards, adherence to ISO 9001 quality standards, and ethics policies. Possess strong attention to detail. Possess adequate visual acuity to read and understand chemical container labels and to safely work in a chemical laboratory with hazardous chemicals.
Required qualifications include:
• Proven experience with hands-on lab testing and test methods related to structural adhesives and thermal management materials • Good written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work effectively in a team environment • Ability to apply basic statistics and interpret and communicate results • Ability to utilize computerized equipment and computer software packages, including but not limited to Microsoft Excel, Word, and SAP • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Education and Work Experience
Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering with 5-7 years of experience. Experience in a manufacturing environment and/or an adhesives test lab environment preferred.
About Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, weve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.
With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway, and transportation.
Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities, and create a brighter future.
Competitive Compensation
Pay Range: $88,000 to $146,400 annually Participation in Annual Incentive Program Benefit & Retirement Plans Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:
• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary, optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost • 401k Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay • Company-provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay • Career development and tuition reimbursement • Other benefits, including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership, and financial planning assistance, are provided at no cost to you • Supplemental benefit programs, including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness, are available at competitive rates • Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays
Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
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Minority, Female, Disability, Veteran, VEVRAA Federal Contractor
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Drug-Free Workplace
In accordance with Parkers policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.