Integration Engineer

Crane Payment Innovations; Mount Prospect (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Contributory Pension

Global travel opportunities

Job summary

Crane Payment Innovations (CPI) is seeking an Integration Engineer to deliver and support integrations of CPI products into customer POS, self-checkout, and payment solutions. You will work with sales, product management, and engineering to define requirements and improve integration tools.

Responsibilities include leading projects, guiding customer implementation, and ensuring successful integrations across hardware and software with up to 40% regional travel.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in system integration, preferably in POS/payment environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience configuring and troubleshooting hardware/software integrations.
• Strong understanding of OS environments (Linux, Windows, Android).
• Solid networking knowledge (TCP/IP, Serial, USB).
• Hands-on experience with APIs and middleware (REST, WebSocket, .NET, JPOS).
• Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language (C#, Java).
• Ability to manage integration tasks and customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead integration projects of moderate complexity.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customer integration efforts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues in the field.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve integration tools and documentation.
• Engage in training activities both as a participant and trainer.
• Up to 40% travel in region.

Skills

System integration

POS/payments experience

Customer interaction

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

REST

WebSocket

.NET

JPOS

Java

C#

Job description

Who we are:

CPI makes the technology that powers your everyday life. If you’ve ever used a self-checkout, played the slots at a casino, gotten a drink from a vending machine, or paid to park your car, you’ve probably done so with the aid of one of the 10 million devices installed by CPI. From cash and coins to cards and mobile, we keep the world of payments moving with smart validation devices and business-management software. Our technology powers more than 4 billion transactions every week – and we want you to be a part of it.

Payment technology is constantly evolving, and our associates are up for the challenge. We pride ourselves in our ability to deliver excellent service and support for our vast existing field base, while pushing the envelope of innovation to design and deliver new solutions that reflect the modern payment landscape.

At CPI you will become a valuable part of our culture of inclusion and collaboration, working in partnership with more than 3,000 global associates supporting 110 countries and currencies. If you are interested in making a global impact, we are looking for a full-time Integration Engineer to join our global team in our Malvern, PA office.

About the role:

The Integration Engineer is responsible to successfully deliver integration of Crane Payment Innovations products and solutions into end user customer self-checkout, payment (cash/coin/ cashless/connectivity) and point of sale applications as well as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) payment solutions (cash/coin/ cashless/connectivity).

The candidate will learn and understand the architecture and requirements of new customer integrations, identify best strategy using existing CPI software tools, including which features require implementation, assist with eliminating unexpected behavior in customer integrations and recommend best practice approaches. This role requires performing integration of CPI products and solutions and/or assisting the customer technical integration team and ensuring faultless performance of CPI products in the applications.

The candidate will work from standard integration work processes, documentation and project oversight controls required to deliver CPI hardware, software, payment, and network solutions into customer systems such as Point of Sale systems, data exchange, 3rd party hardware, and on premise, wired or wireless networks.

The candidate will interface between the CPI customer, sales, product management and engineering to define technical integration gaps and requirements, improve engineering delivered SDK (Software Development Kit) packages for ease of integration and provide integration and programming guidance and direction to the customer technical teams.

Duties of the Integration Engineer:

• Coordinate with CPI sales, product management, engineering and the customers to help define requirements for new solutions or new customer systems requiring integrations.
• Understand and document customer architecture and requirements for new integrations.
• Identify the best integration strategy, using existing CPI software tools, including which features require implementation to meet customer expectations.
• Assist the customer’s technical implementation team during the development phase.
• Provide recommendations and corrections for technical documentation to improve ease of customer use and understanding to avoid future problems.
• Assist the customer with test case validation of the application and integration to assure success.
• Train the customer technical implementation team on the integration tools, operation of CPI devices and end user operation of CPI devices via train the trainer.

Responsibilities:

• Independently lead integration projects of moderate complexity.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customer integration efforts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues in the field.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve integration tools and documentation.
• Engage in training activities both as a participant and, when appropriate, as a trainer.
• Up to 40% travel in region.

Qualifications:

• 2–4 years of experience in system integration, preferably in POS/payment environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is preferred; however, candidates with equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• Proven experience in configuring and troubleshooting hardware/software integrations.
• Strong understanding of OS environments (Linux, Windows, Android).
• Solid networking knowledge (TCP/IP, Serial, USB).
• Hands-on experience with APIs and middleware (REST, WebSocket, .NET, JPOS).
• Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language (C#, Java) -Preferable.
• Ability to independently manage integration tasks and customer interactions.
• Experience with simulators or test automation tools is a plus.
• Good documentation and reporting skills.

Key Attributes for Success

• Ownership of tasks and ability to work independently.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving mindset.
• Effective communication with cross-functional teams and customers.
• Comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.
• Results and people oriented with sound judgment.
• Thoroughness and attention to detail.
• Initiative in improving processes and sharing knowledge.
• Flexibility in managing multiple priorities and adapting to change.

We offer

• Competitive salaries commensurate with experience
• Life insurance
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension
• Community involvement
• Opportunities to travel and work at our global sites

CPI is part of Crane NXT

Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. The company is a pioneer in advanced, proprietary micro-optics technology for securing physical products, and its sophisticated electronic equipment and associated software leverages proprietary core capabilities with detection and sensing technologies. Crane NXT has approximately 4,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta. For more information, visit www.cranenxt.com.

Crane Payment Innovationsiscommitted to hiring a diverse workforce. Applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.