Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
As a Motive Senior Field Engineer, you will be a key member of the Supportability Field Engineering team. Both a technologist and a resourceful problem solver, the successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of Motive Hardware, industry best practices, diverse Vehicle and Equipment types, and optimal installation practices. You will be the role model to others for Motive Hardware knowledge, and standards of quality.
The ideal candidate will be a Computer Electronics expert, with a passion for Hardware and Quality. Not afraid to own challenges and be hands on with the Customers, Hardware, and its deployment life cycle.
A Senior Field Engineer will be driven by quality, have a knack for prioritization, and enabling others to seamlessly deploy Motive Hardware. You will be the best in the world at installing Motive products. As a Senior Field Engineer, you will have an amazing opportunity to shape the way we deploy our hardware, and ensure Supportability of it. You will play a key role in creating and delivering Technical Installation training and certification content. You will also be participating in our Alpha & Beta programs for new product development, providing integral feedback. We are looking for candidates with a solid computer electronics background and hands-on experience in deploying hardware at scale to join our team. Automotive / Logistics experience is a plus. This role is ideal for an engineer who is a strong, independent worker ready to take on new challenges, and eager to work with cutting edge technology.
The person in this role will be required to travel 30-40% of the time.
What You'll Do:
- Become Subject Matter Expert on the Motive Hardware & Software Product Suite
- Become Subject Matter Expert on Motive Hardware deployment and Installation Practices.
- Provide strategic onsite presence to Install, Supervise,Troubleshoot, QA, and Support Motive Implementations.
- Participate in Motive Alpha & Beta New Product development by performing Installation and Testing.
- Building and delivering installation partner training content and certification programs.
- Training & Certification of Third Parties on Motive Installation Standards.
- Key stakeholders in building and maintaining online installation help center with articles, how-to-guides and additional resources.
- Ensuring on-site efficiency and safety at all times
- Build a Hardware Lab for using and testing Motive Products yourself.
What We're Looking For:
- 7+ years relevant experience
- Bachelor's Degree or + 2 Years Relevant Experience or Certification
- Must demonstrate strong Computer Electronics / Hardware proficiency
- Strong work ethic and a commitment to excellence.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to handle high-priority and time-sensitive technical scenarios.
- Confident in customer-facing roles, providing training, support, and assistance.
- Learning of the Automotive Telematics & Logistics Industry Required, prior experience is a plus.
- Motive Product use (in lab) & Expertise required.
- Ability to travel 30-40% of the time.
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits
The base compensation range for this role is:
$62,000—$96,000 USD
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.
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What We Do
Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
Why Work With Us
We work hard, with humility and we see our efforts rewarded in tangible ways every day. At Motive, you’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the physical economy.
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