Application Engineer

Application Engineer/Product Manager – Transformers
Mandarin Speaking
  
Location:  Burlington, ON
  
  
Who Are We?

We are a strategic recruitment agency specializing in connecting skilled professionals with top employers across Canada and the United States. Our holistic approach ensures that both technical and cultural alignment leads to long-term success for all parties involved.

Why Are We Looking for You?

MT Talent Solutions Inc. is proud to partner with a dedicated client to recruit a Application Engineer/Product Manager for a newly created position. This is a highly technical, customer-facing role suited to an Engineer who has developed deep transformer expertise either within a manufacturer/OEM or through an engineering, integration, or consulting organization supporting transformer projects.
The successful candidate will work closely with customers, internal engineering teams, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and international stakeholders, including partners in China. Fluency in Mandarin and English is required, along with the ability to travel to China approximately 2–3 times per year.

What’s In It for You?
  

• Competitive base salary based on experience
• Benefits
• Room for professional growth and advancement
• Transparent and open communication throughout all levels of the organization with direct access to executive leadership in a collaborative atmosphere

  
What Will You Do?

• Provide technical engineering expertise for liquid-filled power transformers and related transformer equipment.
• Review customer specifications, tender documents, technical requirements, drawings, calculations, and transformer data sheets.
• Support the engineering and technical development of transformers ranging from 1–200 MVA and up to 230 kV.
• Review transformer designs and provide technical recommendations related to performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost.
• Evaluate transformer designs, engineering packages, and technical proposals from manufacturers and suppliers.
• Review Bills of Material (BOMs), engineering drawings, technical documentation, and manufacturing documentation.
• Provide technical guidance related to transformer components, materials, insulation systems, cooling systems, bushings, tap changers, accessories, and mechanical construction.
• Support transformer testing, inspection, commissioning, troubleshooting, and failure/root-cause investigations.
• Ensure engineering solutions comply with applicable CSA, IEEE, ANSI and other relevant industry standards.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for international customers and provide engineering support throughout projects.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical reviews, design reviews, and project discussions.
• Translate customer requirements into clear technical specifications and engineering deliverables.
• Travel to China approximately 2–3 times per year to support manufacturing, supplier relationships, factory acceptance testing, design reviews, quality inspections, and customer/project requirements.
• Work closely with manufacturing teams to ensure transformer designs can be efficiently and reliably manufactured.
• Provide technical support during transformer fabrication, assembly, testing, and shipment.
• Assist with troubleshooting, non-conformances, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Participate in factory inspections and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
• Review manufacturing and quality documentation and identify potential technical issues before they impact project delivery.
• Collaborate with suppliers to evaluate components, resolve technical issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support continuous improvement of transformer designs, engineering processes, and manufacturing practices.
• Participate in design and technical reviews.
• Develop and improve engineering standards, design practices, specifications, and workflows.

 
What Do You Bring?
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering experience with substantial power transformer expertise.
• Experience working directly with power transformers is essential.
• Experience with a transformer manufacturer/OEM, transformer integrator, engineering consulting organization, utility, or related power equipment environment.
• Strong understanding of transformer design, construction, manufacturing, testing, and application.
• Experience working with international customers, suppliers, or manufacturing partners is highly desirable.
• Understanding of CSA, IEEE, ANSI and other applicable transformer standards is preferred.
• Ability to review and interpret transformer specifications, drawings, calculations, test reports, and technical documentation.
• Expertise in transformer mechanical and/or electrical design principles with a proven ability to produce quality, accurate work in specified timelines.
• Experience with transformer testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, or failure analysis is an asset.
• Experience with 3D CAD, engineering analysis tools, ERP systems, or technical documentation systems.
• Welding knowledge and quality assessment experience are considered an asset.
• Fluent Mandarin and English – both written and verbal.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally, particularly to China approximately 2–3 times annually.
• Comfortable working across different cultures and time zones.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to customers, suppliers, manufacturers, and internal stakeholders.
• Highly knowledgeable and technically credible in the transformer industry.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to engineering quality.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of working independently.
• Strong collaborative and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to take ownership of technical issues and drive them through to resolution.
• Customer-focused with a strong commitment to quality, safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.

  
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