Applications Engineer - West Coast

Nidec Drives; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Drives in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Technical Sales Engineer to provide technical sales and application support for motor drive products across regions. You will demonstrate products, size drives and motors for customer applications, prepare training materials, and assist field staff in solution design.

Travel 25–50% to OEMs, distributors and user accounts, supporting deployments and technical issues. Strong PLC and IEC61131 experience is preferred; bachelor's degree required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in engineering/selling automation solutions.
• Experience with drives and motion control, including PLCs.
• Proficient in motion control programming with servo and vector drives.
• Familiar with IEC61131 and industrial protocols: EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, Profinet.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical sales and application support to promote products.
• Lead demonstrations of Nidec Control Techniques products to customers.
• Size drives, motors and peripherals for applications and prepare training materials.
• Assist field sales with product selection and mentor team members.
• Develop software programs for complex machinery and support engineering.

Skills

Motion control

Servo drives

PLC programming

EtherCAT

Ethernet/IP

Profinet

Industrial comms

PLC platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IEC61131 platforms

Job description

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality. All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary Job Description SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide technical sales and application support to the Nidec Control Techniques field sales staff promoting sales of Products and Services to meet the Company’s sales objectives. Assist and/or take a lead role in demonstrating Nidec Control Techniques products to customers. Must be proficient in all current products and application sold in the Region, which includes Motion Control, High performance and General-purpose applications including pumping in irrigation and municipal application Be proficient in sizing drive, motor and peripheral devices for effective use in application of the Company’s products Prepare Training and Sales Presentations that demonstrate the Company’s capabilities to handle a customer’s application(s), which may also require the development of demonstration systems. Assist field sales personnel and customers with the selection of the Company’s products that best fit the application requirements, including the mentoring of other Control Techniques sales and technical team members. Assist customers with developing software programs to operate complex machinery. In some cases, completely develop the program from concept including debug and trouble-shoot to completion. Support greater engineering organization by contributing to Technical Support and Field Service needs via email, phone, ticket responses, and site visits Makes scheduled on-site visits to OEM, Distributor, and User accounts to gain insight, gather technical data, and provide guidance in the application and selection of the Company’s Products and Services. Travel required throughout the region. Expect 25%-50% travel _______________________________________________________________________________

CUSTOMER AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Customers Work with all customer types, integrators, OEM’s, End user’s, distributors, etc. Both by phone and at work at customer sites Travel Throughout Region, Region defined areas. Occasional other states, as customer situations dictate, and national sales meetings Overnight travel expected 1 or 2 x per month.

Education and Qualifications

Four-year technical engineering degree BSE, BSEE, BSEET, BSME, BSMET required or equivalent Five years + of engineering/selling automation solutions. Experience with Drives and/or Motion Control is highly preferred, including PLC’s and motion controller Proficient in Motion Control Programming with both servo drive systems and vector drive systems. Familiarity with IEC61131 programming platforms. Experienced in implementing servo drives and VFD’s Familiarity with industrial communications protocols, including EtherCAT, Ethernet IP, Mobus, and Profinet.

Additional Job Details Technical – T4 Organizational Impact

• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with major impact on departmental or job family results, using extensive technical principles
• Seasoned technical contributor; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on a wide range of moderately complex projects and may be responsible for entire projects or processes within team
• May contribute to the development of goals and planning efforts for the department

Communication & Influence

• Communicates with senior leadership and employees within and outside of department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Influences employees within the business unit to agree and align on new concepts, practices and approaches

Innovation & Complexity

• Responsible for moderate to significant improvements of technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems are moderately complex, requiring application of broad and deep experience and technical expertise, and may impact multiple departments and/or job family

Leadership & Talent Management

• Coaches, reviews and delegates work to other professionals
• Manages end-to-end projects or processes

Knowledge & Experience

• Requires extensive (deep or broad) technical knowledge of specialty area with cross-functional and working knowledge of industry practices/other areas, typically obtained through advanced education and strong experience
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Work Shift Schedule

No Soliciting Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.

Nidec has worked its way up to become the world's No.1 manufacturer of small precision motors. In the process, Nidec has gradually expanded its product lineup to include a variety of small to large motors, application products for machinery, and electronic and optical components. At present, its products are used in a wide range of fields and devices including information and telecommunications equipment, office equipment, home appliances, automobiles, industrial equipment, and environmental energy. "For Everything that Spins and Moves", the Group is creating next-generation drive technologies to meet the needs of the society.