Application Sales Engineer - Turbomachinery Controls

The Application Engineer will exhibit genuine interest in solving work problems through proactively asking questions, clearly communicating and collaborating both internally and externally to grow the business. In addition, the Sr. Application Engineer is responsible for understanding our competition and customers and showing initiative to learn and continuously improve company processes. 

You will report directly to our Regional General Manager GBE and you’ll work out of our Houston, TX or Des Moines, IA location on a Hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful execution of proposals from Inquiry to Order, with particular emphasis on very complex project proposals.   Accountable to ensure that scope, cost, cycle, legal, and commercial risk are managed while winning orders.
• Review of technical specifications, terms, and conditions for job proposal and contracts that includes preliminary control system design, hardware requirements, tool development, control system diagram generation and description, control narrative, network architecture generation, P&IDs review and as needed engineering studies and design documents to generate basis of design documents for successful projects.
• Collaboration and seeking support as needed from Project Engineering team and SMEs in the technical solution preparation
• Creates and maintains an efficient system of inquiry handling and proposal generation to ensure that RFQs are comprehensively completed to properly reflect the technical and commercial needs of the project as well as overseeing the quoting process to ensure process adherence. 
• Proactively negotiating T&C’s with customers and providing guidance to Account Managers on T&Cs prior to escalation to Contract Management.
• Controls pricing within published guidelines and handles all requests for discounts and any other deviations in the DOA process. Ensures that pricing deviations are properly approved and tracked, per the delegation of authority matrix and bid approval process.
• Tracks proposal turnaround efficiency and quality within leveraging existing tools
• Ensures that the HOF process to the Execution Team is followed and in compliance to fully meet Project Execution requirements.
• Assist in the review of existing customer installations to look for process improvements and related economical justifications and with site surveys
• Attend site surveys, customer bid clarification meetings and manage technical and commercial bid clarifications 
• Provide technical support for sales employees, representatives and customers and information to order-entry group
• Respond to change productively and handle other duties as required.
• Follow all company safety policies and procedures.
• Travel 10%

Qualifications

Must Have

• 5 Plus years of experience in control engineering or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.  
• Prior Knowledge of Oil and Gas Industry
• Turbo Machinery Controls and Proposal

We Value

• University Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering (strongly preferred)
• Understanding of costing and pricing models 
• Familiarity with field instrumentation, monitoring systems, plant software and controls installations 
• Satisfactory knowledge of basic commercial/ T&C term and negotiation techniques. 
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with internal and external resources to meet goals 
• Ability to read, speak, and write in English required. 

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here 

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting date: July 6, 2026

ABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more

THE BUSINESS UNIT

Honeywell Industrial Automation enables process industry operations, creates world-class sensor technologies, automates supply chains, makes warehouses smarter, and improves worker safety. This combination builds on our core strengths in controls and automation technologies which in turn allows us to deliver better commercial outcomes for our customers. We enable customers to enhance the safety, sustainability, resiliency and productivity of their people, plants and assets.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more

About UsHoneywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.