Application Engineer - Excitation - Highland, IL

Description

Provide systems application engineering to sales and customers utilizing technical knowledge and expertise from areas of specialization.

Reports to: Regional Sales Manager - Power Generation

Essential Duties

• Assist customers in the proper selection of Basler products as they relate to systems as well as to discrete components.
• Assist customers in the application, installation, start up, calibration, troubleshooting, and problem solving of Basler products and related systems.
• Travel, as required, to determine product potentials and customer needs and assist in the sale of products and systems.
• Maintain proper communication with all sales territories to ensure systems application assistance is provided as may be required in sales plans.
• Present Basler products, systems, and problem solutions to customers at conferences as scheduled by sales personnel.
• Assist in promotion activities including product literature reviews and industry functions such as trade shows, technical conferences, and schools.
• Actively participate in interfacing and communicating with marketing personnel and project teams to provide market feedback for successful product specifications and development.
• Survey and define market needs.
• Assist in market research and competitive information collection, as required.
• Present technical papers at industry conferences, as required.
• Assist in creating sales tools including application notes.
• Lead other application specialists in daily activities.

Requirements

• BSEE or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years' experience as Application Specialist - Systems, or ten years equivalent experience and working knowledge of generating power systems and analog and digital circuitry.
• Willingness to travel at least 50% of time in assigned sales territories.