Field Application Engineer III

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Job Summary

Job Description

• Provide technical sales and application support to the Nidec Drives field sales staff promoting sales of Products and Services to meet the Companys sales objectives.
• assist and/or take a lead role in demonstrating Nidec Drives products to customers. Must be proficient in all current products and application sold in the Region which includes Motion Control High performance and General-purpose applications including pumping in irrigation and municipal application.
• Be proficient in sizing drive motor and peripheral devices for effective use in application of the Companys products.
• Prepare Training and Sales Presentations that demonstrate the Companys capabilities to handle a customers application(s) which may also require the development of demonstration systems.
• Assist field sales personnel and customers with the selection of the Companys products that best fit the application requirements including the mentoring of other Control Techniques sales and technical team members.
• Assist customers with developing software programs to operate complex some cases completely develop the program from concept including debug and trouble-shoot to completion.
• Support greater engineering organization by contributing to Technical Support and Field Service needs via email phone ticket responses and site visits.
• Makes scheduled on-site visits to OEM Distributor and User accounts to gain insight gather technical data and provide guidance in the application and selection of the Companys Products and Services. Travel required throughout the region.
• TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS Expect 25%-50%

Customers

• Work with all customer types integrators OEMs End users distributors etc.
• Both by phone and at work at customer sites

Travel

• Throughout Region Region defined areas.
• Occasional other states as customer situations dictate and national sales meetings
• Overnight travel expected 1 or 2 x per month.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Education and Qualifications

• Four year technical engineering degree BSE BSEE BSEET BSME BSMET required or equivalent.
• Five years of engineering/selling automation solutions. Experience with Drives and/or Motion Control is highly preferred including PLCs and motion controller
• Proficient in Motion Control Programming with both servo drive systems and vector drive systems. Familiarity with IEC61131 programming platforms.
• Experienced in implementing servo drives and VFDs
• Familiarity with industrial communications protocols including EtherCAT Ethernet IP Mobus and Profinet.

Additional Job Details

Technical T3

Organizational Impact
Works to achieve operational functional and/or business targets within team with direct and indirect impact on departmental or job family results using practical technical principles
Intermediate-level technical contributor; generally works independently under moderate supervision and may seek advice of more senior employees in the same area
Failure to achieve results requires allocation of additional resources to meet goals and impacts project completion with the potential for additional financial expense.
Works on smaller less complex projects/assignments
Communication & Influence
Communicates with employees typically within the department and/or job family explaining and interpreting matters related to the department; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
May influence employees within own job area at an operational level
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for making minor improvements to technical/business processes procedures or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
Problems faced may be difficult but are not complex requiring application of technical skills/analysis drawing from prior experiences and typically involve consideration of multiple issues and impact job family and/or multiple teams
Leadership & Talent Management
May provide guidance help with training and review work of entry-level employees
May lead parts of less complex projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
Requires understanding of basic context and practical knowledge of technical and business environment as well as potential and upcoming technical advances within area of specialization typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience
Requires a bachelors degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age gender gender identity sexual orientation race color genetic information religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant please visit the following website: Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.