Applications Engineer

Rockwell Automation; Michigan; On-site; USD 111,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology company as an Applications Engineer, where you will engage with customers to provide tailored solutions that enhance their operations. This role involves significant interaction with clients, requiring both technical expertise and strong communication skills. You will work closely with account executives and deployment teams to ensure the successful implementation of our products, contributing to improved productivity and efficiency in various industrial applications. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a flexible work schedule.

Benefits

Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Qualifications

• Must be able and willing to travel up to 30%-50% of the time.
• Experience with vehicle automation for indoor industrial applications.

Responsibilities

• Be a product knowledge expert and technical consultant throughout the sales cycle.
• Enable deployment teams by supplying solution concepts and preliminary project plans.
• Build trust and demonstrate the value of our products to prospective customers.

Skills

Project Management

Systems Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Technical Consulting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

C++

Python

Job description

Join to apply for the Applications Engineer role at Rockwell Automation

Join to apply for the Applications Engineer role at Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

You will work as a member of the OTTO by Rockwell Automation's sales organization in an applications technical role as a partner to our account executives. You will be accountable for understanding customer requirements, selecting the best products, and devising solutions that ultimately improve our customer's business and that meet or exceed the application requirements. You will also consult with channel partners and internal deployment teams to devise deployment plans that achieve the best time-to-value for the end users. You will be constantly interacting with customers, learning new technology, developing new system concepts, creating the foundation for successful projects, and impressing clients via virtual and in-person demonstrations of how their business can improve using our products. This role requires an awareness and proficiency with systems engineering, industrial engineering, project planning, and it involves interacting with many elements of our business. You will remotely with frequent travel to customer sites when needed. You will report to Director, Consumer Sales.

Your Responsibilities

• Be a product knowledge expert, technical consultant, and content creator throughout the sales cycle.
• Build trust, advise, and demonstrate the value of our products, our brand, and our business for prospective customers and channel partners.
• Enable deployment teams by supplying solution concepts, preliminary project plans, and budgets.
• Collect and communicate market data and ideas to our product management organization to improve the market success of our existing and future products.
• Contribute to department improvement initiatives to enhance the team's efficiency and the value of its contributions to the business.
  
  

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience
• Must be able and willing to travel up to 30%-50% of the time to support on-site customer visits, workshops, and tradeshows.
• Legal authorization to work in the US or Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
  
  

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

• 2+ years of experience working with vehicle automation for indoor industrial applications
• 2+ years of experience in pitching a value proposition for a new technology
• Experience with facilitating group decision making
• Understand the various problems which face robotics adopters (technical and otherwise)
• Project management experience
• Experience learning from development projects that have gone terribly wrong
• Working knowledge of controls and aspects of mobile robotics such as perception, planning, navigation
• Working knowledge in software, specifically C++ and/or Python in a Linux environment
  
  

What We Offer In Canada

• Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
• Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plans
• Paid Time off
• Volunteering Time off
• Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)
• Employer Paid DC Pension
• Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
  
  

What We Offer In US

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.
  
  

For this role, the total target compensation is from $111,200.00 - $166,800.00 USD Annual for US based candidates, and $88,240.00 - $132,360.00 CAD Annual for Canada based candidate, of which 80% is base salary and 20% is variable. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at [phone].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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