Application Engineer IV

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Job Summary

Job Description

Job Summary

Technical lead for motors, motor knowledge, and motor application for general industrial motors in fields such as pumping, material handling and air moving. Liaison between customer design engineering and internal groups such as operations, quality, product service, sales, and marketing. Work to solve customer issues that may arise and provide them with required information related to the product and motor specific application. Work on customer inquiries and complete design changes to meet customer requirements. Work with marketing to drive and support sales growth. Create and submit engineering change notices for all products. Knowledge in the design and application of electric motors is required.

Job Description

Duties:

• Review customer/project specifications
• Work directly with customer to solve application issues
• Assist Market Managers in identifying and developing strategic relationships with partners or potential customers in existing and new business segments.
• Provide application knowledge/training internally and externally
• Understand internal systems and process to increase efficiency of customer inquiries
• Maintain technical knowledge of product offering and operation
• Create and submit engineering change orders to update products
• Develop and create sample motor designs for customer testing
• Complete detailed testing and competitive analysis
• Complete electrical and mechanical design changes on motors to meet customer requirements
• Liaison for production for line deviations and changes
• Estimates and tracks time required to perform customer and internal support activities
• Create and modify technical documents dealing with application and interaction of system components

Additional Job Details

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• B.S. degree in Electromagnetic, Electrical, Mechanical, or similar Engineering field
• 7+ years experience in industrial electric motor or related industry
• Strong knowledge of electric motor design (single and three phase) and construction required
• Ability to rely upon experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals
• Familiarity with IEEE, CSA, NEMA, & UL standards applicable to electric motors
• Ability effectively use Microsoft Office products and learn internal motor design software and systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Results oriented, self-motivated – high achiever
• Strong analytical ability and strategic/critical thinker
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize projects efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Some travel required

Additional Job Details

Technical – T4
Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with major impact on departmental or job family results, using extensive technical principles
• Seasoned technical contributor; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on a wide range of moderately complex projects and may be responsible for entire projects or processes within team
• May contribute to the development of goals and planning efforts for the department
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with senior leadership and employees within and outside of department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Influences employees within the business unit to agree and align on new concepts, practices and approaches
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for moderate to significant improvements of technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems are moderately complex, requiring application of broad and deep experience and technical expertise, and may impact multiple departments and/or job family
Leadership & Talent Management
• Coaches, reviews and delegates work to other professionals
• Manages end-to-end projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires extensive (deep or broad) technical knowledge of specialty area with cross-functional and working knowledge of industry practices/other areas, typically obtained through advanced education and strong experience
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 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: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

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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.