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Nidec Motor Corporation

Application Engineer-West Coast

Posted 21 Days Ago
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Remote
5 Locations
30K-70K
Mid level
Remote
5 Locations
30K-70K
Mid level
The Application Engineer provides technical sales support, assists in product demonstrations, develops software programs for machinery, and travels to client sites for application guidance.
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Job Summary

Nidec Control Techniques is hiring an Application Engineer in Portland, Salt Lake City or Sacramento! Provide pre-order onsite and phone/email technical and commercial application support in effort to grow sales at End-user, OEM, Distributor and System Integrator accounts and meet the Company’s sales objectives.

Job Description

  • Provide technical sales and application support to the Nidec Control Techniques field sales staff promoting sales of Products and Services to meet the Company’s sales objectives.
  • Assist and/or take a lead role in demonstrating Nidec Control Techniques products to customers.  Must be proficient in all current products sold in the Region.
  • Be proficient in sizing drive, motor and peripheral devices for effective use in application of the Company’s products.
  • Prepare PowerPoint Presentations that demonstrate the Company’s capabilities to handle a customer’s application.  This may also require the development of a demonstration system that shows that capability.
  • Assist field sales personnel and customers with the selection of the Company’s products that best fit the application requirements.
  • Assist customers with developing software programs to operate complex machinery.  In 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 Company’s Products and Services.   Travel required throughout the region. Expect 25%-50% travel.

Additional Job Details

Education and Qualifications

  • Four year technical engineering degree BSE, BSEE, BSEET, BSME, BSMET required or equivalent.
  • Three to five years of engineering/selling automation solutions. Experience with Drives and/or Motion Control is highly preferred, including PLC’s and motion controllers
  • 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 VFD’s
  •  Familiarity with industrial communications protocols, including EtherCAT, Ethernet IP, Mobus, and Profinet.

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: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

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.

Top Skills

Drives
Ethercat
Ethernet Ip
Iec61131
Mobus
Motion Control
Plc
Profinet

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