Technical Support Representative (Japanese Speaking)

National Instruments; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Technical Support Representative who is fluent in Japanese and English. You will handle technical support requests, resolve customer issues, and contribute to self-service knowledge articles. The ideal candidate should have a bachelor's degree or at least one year of relevant experience as well as strong skills in problem-solving and customer service. The role offers a supportive environment focused on continuous career development and employee well-being.

Benefits

Flexible time off

Paid parental leave

Various medical insurance plans

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience in Technical Support.
• Fluent in Japanese and English, both oral and written.
• Familiarity with electronic circuit design and basic electronic instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Handle inbound technical support requests via Phone, Email, and Web.
• Resolves customer issues during activation, installation, and maintenance.
• Document knowledge for self-service resolution using KCS methodology.

Skills

Intermediate or advanced Japanese

Intermediate or advanced English

Problem-solving skills

Customer focus

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science-related field

1+ year of experience in Technical Support

Tools

Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS)

Job description

Technical Support Representative (Japanese Speaking)

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Creates and routes technical issues for all customers
  • Handle inbound technical support requests (Phone, Email, Web).
  • Validates customer entitlements and approves exceptions for unentitled customers.
  • Dispatch out-of-TSR scope technical issues to the appropriate support group.
  • Create and manage customer data records within our applications to ensure proper data integrity.
• Resolves technical issues for customers across all account tiers
  • Resolves customers’ single incidents during activation, installation, implementation, and/or maintenance of TSR supported issues.
  • Escalatetechnical issues internally to the appropriate support group while maintaining ownership of customer interaction.
• Captures and documents knowledge to enable self-service resolution
  • Learns and adopt Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) methodology.
  • Enables customers to self-serve by creating and editing Knowledge based articles.

Who You Are:

You will partner with customers to ensure their success through broad-based technical support of NI Products. Technical Support Representatives respond to technical needs to help maintain or accelerate our customers' development schedule, building customer loyalty and gaining a reputation as trusted technical partners.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Alternatively, currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science-related field, such as IT, electronic engineering, automotive, manufacturing support or other.
• OR having 1+ year of experience working in a Technical Support position.
• Intermediate or advanced Japanese and English level, oral and written.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Communication– Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals.
• Problem Solver–Responds quickly to resolve customer problems; integrates information from disparate sources to identify underlying causes and find creative solutions; keeps customers informed and provides feedback on actions taken.
• Technical–Familiar with electronic circuit design concepts and basic electronic instrumentation. Understanding of essential networking principles and equipment. Basic knowledge of programming languages. Strong understanding of technical elements required to solve low‑complexity issues. Basic understanding of core products to solve mid‑complexity issues with the help of others.
• Assimilates Information quickly– Readily absorbs and comprehends new information from formal and informal learning experiences; quickly sizes up new situations or information and isolates the most important elements.
• Collaborative– Team oriented with the ability to effectively collaborate with peers. Leverages others’ skills and gains their support by asking for their ideas, opinions, and participation when solving problems, making decisions, and carrying out plans.
• Customer Focus – Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction.

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.