Applications Engineer

DarkVision; North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DarkVision, located in North Vancouver, is seeking an Applications Engineer to oversee testing and validation of its industrial imaging technology. You will manage lab assessments, coordinate with product teams, and craft technical messaging for internal and external stakeholders.

You will project-manage test scans, interpret results with our analysis software, and help shape reports and whitepapers that showcase performance and differentiation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant applications or test engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Materials Engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Self-sufficient with ability to balance risk/reward with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage end-to-end test scans with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with product, sales, research and engineering teams.
• Design requirements and coordinate samples and test setups with vendors.
• Prepare reports and presentations with clear performance messaging.
• Contribute to whitepapers and technical communications.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Influencing skills

Decision-making

Self-sufficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Materials Engineering

PMP certification

Tools

Jira

Job description

Role Overview

DarkVision is seeking a highly organized Applications Engineer to manage the testing and validation of our award-winning industrial imaging technology. This role encompasses benchmarking and communicating the performance of our novel technology for specific industry use cases. We are looking for someone who blends excellent organization, collaboration, and project management skills with the ability to quickly grasp complex technical information and communicate with cross-functional stakeholders (product, sales, research and engineering).

This role is on-site and is based out of DarkVision’s head office in North Vancouver, BC, where employees enjoy full access to our facility amenities including a well-equipped gym, squash court, climbing wall, steam room, and more.

Our Team

DarkVision develops high resolution ultrasonic inspection technology for industrial assets. We engineer, develop, and manufacture integrated hardware and software solutions for complex imaging applications and deliver advanced technical analysis that inform our customers of the condition and health of their assets. This is a great opportunity to join a world-class team that is revolutionizing how industry manages the integrity and efficiency of critical assets.

What You Will Do

In this role, you will work with Product Managers to prioritize lab-based assessments of the inspection technology. You will project-manage the execution of the assessments and become trained in our analysis software to interpret the results and performance.

You will help craft the messaging and communicate our performance internally and to external stakeholders. The content you generate will be used to showcase DarkVision’s differentiation and performance to customers, to help focus research and development on areas for improvement, and to support marketing and technical whitepapers.

Testing Roadmap

• Work closely with Product Managers to prioritize each capability based on value and effort.
• Translate the desired outcome into an actionable test plan – ideate samples and strategize to reduce time to data collection.

Project Execution

• Manage the end-to-end planning and execution of the test scans.
• Be the primary point of contact and central hub of communication and information between project stakeholders and contributors.
• Design/define requirements and communicate the required samples and test setups to internal and external vendors.
• Procure test samples with defect and component features that represent real downhole scenarios.

Data Analysis

• Utilize our data analysis software to provide first assessments of the results.
• Leverage data analysis SMEs to help extract conclusions and measurements.

Communication

• Distill the results into easily digestible reports and presentations.
• Familiarize yourself with relevant inspection practices, performance metrics, and customer acceptance criteria, and utilize these standards for reporting; work with the Product Managers to show the relative performance against competitor technologies.

Who You Are (Qualifications)

• 3+ years of relevant applications or test engineering role
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Materials Engineering
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent influencing skills; track record of driving accountability
• Self-sufficient - able to make decisions and balance risk/reward with limited supervision
• Experience writing technical whitepapers is an asset
• Jira experience is an asset
• PMP certification is an asset

General Salary Range

For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 to $130,000 base salary per year.

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