Nidec Motor Corporation · 5 hours ago
Applications Engineer - West Coast
North America/USA/Minnesota/Eden Prairie, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expNidec Motor Corporation is a company driven by dreams and innovation, seeking an Applications Engineer to provide technical sales and application support. The role involves assisting with product demonstrations, sizing drives and motors, preparing training presentations, and supporting customer software development.
ElectronicsManufacturing
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
Qualification
Required
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
Company
Nidec Motor Corporation
Nidec Motor Corporation is a manufacturer of commercial, industrial, and appliance motors and controls.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Andrea Luedtke
Chief Financial Officer - Nidec Motion and Energy
Eric Hsu
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