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Summary
We are growing and seeking a skilled, enthusiastic Field Applications Engineer to join our high-performance team. In this role, you will become a trusted technical advisor to our customers and a key support partner to our sales, marketing, and product management teams.
The successful candidate will demonstrate deep expertise in our servo drives products and integrated motion technologies, and how they are applied in
mission-critical motion control systems. You will play a pivotal role in helping customers achieve “design wins” by ensuring their end systems perform reliably and efficiently.
You’ll guide customers in understanding technical capabilities and selecting the best-fit solutions for their needs. Additionally, you will create compelling application content that enhances customer experience and drives long-term product line growth and success.
Primary Responsibilities
- Deliver expert technical support to customers, accelerating implementation and reducing time to market.
- Collaborate with territory managers and business developers to visit key customers and provide system-level application guidance.
- Collaborate with product managers to understand product features and offer usability improvement suggestions.
- Conduct in-depth technical training for Novanta colleagues, distributors, partners, and customers.
- Document customer applications in detail to validate our value proposition and refine market insights.
- Design and develop customer-facing demos for sales enablement and industry-leading tradeshows.
- Benchmark top-selling products against competitors to highlight unique differentiators.
- Attend tradeshows and conferences, write articles, and in general work on technical materials aimed at the promotion of our technologies within Robotics & Automation.
Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies
- Possess a B.S. in one or more engineering disciplines and prior experience in technical sales or engineering. (B.S. in Electronics/Telecommunication/Industrial Engineering or any related engineering studies)
- 5+ years of experience in design engineering, applications engineering, high technology sales support, or field service
- Previous experience with motion control components: servo drives, position encoders, master controllers, safety controllers.
- Previous experience in the medical (robotic surgery), humanoid, industrial automation, or advanced robotics markets.
- Be able to communicate technical information to non-technical customers, partners and internal colleagues.
- Be results-driven and customer-focused, self-motivated and able to work well in a team.
- High level of English language.
Travel Requirements
- Must possess a valid passport and be able to travel around the world (mostly in EMEA), if required. May require up to 40% travel.
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Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
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What We Do
Novanta delivers innovations that matter for its medical and advanced industrial OEM customers. If you have a passion for solving complex technical problems that lead to breakthrough performance and that enhance people's lives, come join our growing team.
Here is a sample of the many exciting applications we serve:
• Innovations that ensure the safety of patients and efficient workflows in hospitals using our novel RFID technology
• Innovations in additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D metal printing, using our lightning fast lasers and laser beam steering sub-systems
• Innovations in minimally invasive surgery using our highly reliable insufflators, pumps and visualization systems
• Innovations in robotics and automation using our precision motors, encoders and drives for superior accuracy
• Innovations in smartphone production using our fast, accurate lasers and laser beam steering equipment along with our precision motion systems
The driving force behind our growth is the team of talented professionals who share our commitment to our values, and our passion for innovation and for our customers’ success.
Novanta has deep expertise in precision medicine and manufacturing, medical solutions, and robotics and automation:
Precision Medicine and Manufacturing:
• Continuous wave, ultrafast and CO2 lasers, along with laser beam steering components and sub-systems
Brands: ARGES, Cambridge Technology, Laser Quantum, Synrad
Medical Solutions:
Minimally Invasive Surgery:
• Insufflators, pumps and disposable tube sets; medical visualization systems, video processing and wireless imaging
Brands: NDS, Med X Change, Reach Technology, WOM
Detection & Analysis:
• RFID readers, machine vision solutions, barcode scanning, light and color measurement
Brands: JADAK
Robotics and Automation:
• Motors, encoders, servo drives, air bearing systems and integrated mechatronic solutions
Brands: ATI, Celera Motion (inc. Applimotion, Ingenia, MicroE, Zettlex, Westwind)
