Electrical Product Support Engineer

SMC Corporation

  • Noblesville, IN
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
PURPOSEThis role is to provide electrical application technical support for internal and external customers. This position requires creativity, innovation, product design knowledge, and product application evaluation and research. A successful candidate will be competent in the aspects of design and problem-solving from engineering first principles.ESSENTIAL DUTIES
  • Interpret internal and external customer requirements to meet desired outputs.
  • Conduct technical application evaluations to identify potential solutions to customer technical inquiries by reviewing existing documentation and report results back to internal and external customers.
  • Communicate technical knowledge and specification to internal and external customers.
  • Read, interpret, troubleshoot pneumatic and electrical schematics.
  • Troubleshoot and configure product communication protocols.
  • Troubleshoot pneumatic and electrical circuits.
  • Review and interpret data utilizing corporate management system software that include CAD models and product documentation.
  • Perform guided research on a variety of topics and provide summarized data results.
  • Complete assigned tasks using predefined departmental processes.
  • Hands on technical support for both internal and external customers.
  • Participate on a team to accomplish given tasks or processes.
  • Travel, with support, mainly for the purpose of training, customer support, or trade shows. (Less than 15%)
  • All other duties as assigned.
  • Record daily activities
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
  • Capacity to work indoors in an office, laboratory, and/or manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to work in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time.
  • Capability to lift objects or equipment weighing up to 51 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Physical aptitude to use basic hand tools in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to travel and/or attend meetings domestic and internationally outside of normal business hours.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
  • Bachelor’s degree in a electrical or technical engineering discipline, or the equivalent in appropriate education and experience as determined by management utilizing internal SMC career development criteria.
  • Novice understanding of the product development process.
  • Novice understanding to apply project management principles, methodologies, and documentation.
  • Novice understanding of tolerance as it relates to design intent.
  • Novice understanding of common industrial processes and/or controls.
  • Novice understanding of schematics.
  • Novice understanding of communication protocols.
  • Novice in conducting research using corporate resources.
  • Competent at efficient use of time to effectively plan and execute multiple duties.
  • Competent to utilize basic inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (Calipers, micrometers, flow meter, voltmeter, oscilloscope, etc.)
  • Novice to utilize advanced inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (microscopes, CMM, Contour/Roundness Measuring Instruments, etc.)
  • Competent ability to communicate utilizing corporate office software.
  • Competent ability to take verbal and/or written direction on tasks, training, or departmental / company policies.
  • Competent ability to communicate, in English, with internal and external customers tactfully and professionally
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