Product Engineer

Amtec Direct Hire; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amtec Direct Hire is seeking a Product Engineer to drive sales success for AutomationSystem product lines by delivering timely, technically superior solutions. The role involves collaboration with customers, field sales, engineering, and marketing, with travel expected domestic and international.

Responsibilities include technical support across product lines, developing marketing materials, reviewing product specs, and supporting seminars and trade shows.

Qualifications

• Experience in specifying, operating, designing, or maintaining equipment for industrial production and automation.
• BS Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Material Science Engineering or equivalent required.
• 3 to 5 years' experience in Product Management, Engineering or Applications.
• Excellent communications skills, including writing and presenting technical product and service information to engineers, operators, and senior business managers.
• US passport and ability to travel.
• Excel, Word, and CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks.

Responsibilities

• Technical support of Laser and System product lines.
• Communicate with customers and field sales staff during pre-sale and post-sale to understand application needs.
• Validate new products against marketing requirements; review and recommend product changes.
• Assist Product Manager with development and review of product specifications and sales/marketing strategies.
• Assist in developing technical marketing materials including datasheets and articles; provide inputs for communications and collateral.
• Testing and analysis of competitive products.
• Provide technical support for seminars, workshops, trade shows and sales meetings.
• Develop technical materials for presentations to customers and sales representatives.
• Provide project management support to Engineering and Manufacturing.
• Provide technical information support to Customer Service.
• Other projects and activities as assigned by management.

Skills

Organization

Customer service

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Material Science Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

SolidWorks

Job description

Job Description

SUMMARY:

The Product Engineers enables sales success for the AutomationSystem product lines by providing, in a timely manner, competitively superior technical solutions and responses to requests from internal and external customers. Responsibilities include various aspects of Product Management, Technical Training, Sales Support, and Product Promotion. Extensive direct customer and sales force engagement is required. Domestic and international travel is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technical support of Laser and System product lines.
• Communicate with customers and field sales staff during the pre-sale and post-sale phases to understand application needs, providing responses in coordination with Field Sales, Engineering, and Applications Lab.
• Validate new products against marketing requirements; review and recommend product changes
• Assist Product Manager with development and review of product specifications and sales and marketing strategies.
• Assist in the development of technical marketing materials including datasheets and application articles. Provide solution and application inputs to marketing for generating communications and collateral materials.
• Testing and analysis of competitive products.
• Provide technical support for seminars, workshops, trade shows and sales meetings.
• Develop technical materials for presentation to customers and sales representatives supporting product launches and ongoing sales efforts.
• Provide project management support to Engineering and Manufacturing Departments.
• Provide technical information support to Customer Service.
• Other projects and activities as assigned by management team.

Requirements:

• Experience in specifying, operating, designing, or maintaining equipment for industrial production and automation.
• BS Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Material Science Engineering or equivalent required.
• 3 to 5 years' experience in Product Management, Engineering or Applications.
• Strong organization skills, excellent customer service approach, can-do attitude,
• Excellent communications skills, including writing and presenting technical product and service information to engineers, operators, and senior business managers
• Ability to research and solve technical problems for internal and external customers.
• Superior time management and follow-though with ability to accomplish day-to-day tasks while continuing to make progress, and bring to completion, longer term projects.
• EXCEL, WORD, and CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks.
• US passport and ability to travel.

Company Description

Exciting opportunity securing new business for electric motors, starter generators, and related technologies within our current and future aerospace and defense industries.