Application Sales Engineer

Overview

Element is seeking an Application Sales Engineer to serve as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them navigate complex testing requirements while delivering exceptional commercial support. In this highly visible role, you'll collaborate with engineers, project teams, purchasing professionals, and industry leaders to develop testing solutions that support critical products across medical devices, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and more. This is an on-site role at our Lab in Glendale Heights, IL.  Compensation: $90,000.00-$120,000.00 base salary range + bonus plan

 

Responsibilities

• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, industry standards, and customer requirements to develop accurate testing quotations.
• Act as the technical liaison between customers and laboratory operations.
• Guide customers through complex testing needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Build relationships with procurement teams, engineers, and technical stakeholders.
• Manage multiple opportunities simultaneously while driving responsiveness and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate closely with laboratory engineers and subject matter experts to deliver technically sound proposals.
• Support larger commercial opportunities and strategic customer initiatives.
• Contribute to business growth by helping customers understand the value of Element's testing capabilities.

Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of technical, engineering, laboratory, quoting, or commercial experience.
• Experience reviewing technical drawings, specifications, ASTM, ISO, or similar industry standards.
• Strong communication and customer-facing skills

Preferred:

• Experience in materials testing, laboratory services, quality, manufacturing, or engineering environments.
• Prior experience preparing quotations, technical proposals, estimates, or customer solutions.
• Familiarity with testing laboratories, certification services, or technical consulting organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical accuracy with commercial objectives.

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

 

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

 

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

 

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

 

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.