Associate Field Engineer

About the Role

Provide Technical Advisory Services (TAS) to coordinate installation and commissioning activities for assigned projects, ensuring they meet project schedules and performance criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• Commission AC and DC drive systems and/or control software to meet design performance criteria.
• Perform tune-up of closed-loop regulators to ensure optimal equipment performance and meet design parameters.
• Troubleshoot and correct performance problems in complex control systems.
• Design, configure, and test system software and hardware to meet contractual requirements.
• Gather pertinent information from authorized sources to assess project requirements.
• Provide regular, accurate, and considered commissioning status reports.
• Lead client witness system acceptance tests of assigned scope.
• Recommend changes to commissioning procedures to improve system performance.
• Recommend software or hardware improvements to the business unit engineering team.
• Maintain current safety qualifications and adhere to Company and client safety requirements.
• Train client personnel on system maintenance and/or operation procedures.
• Plan and execute special projects to support the business unit.

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on assigned tasks.
• Provide best advice to manager.
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified.
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally.
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment.
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, procedures, regulations, and laws.
• Proactively recommend viable improvements.
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering with control automation coursework, mechatronics, computer engineering or related field, or equivalent.
• Classes, labs, and projects with a concentration in some combination of electrical power systems, control system theory, supervisory software development, database design/management, software engineering, robotics, or mechatronics.
• Personal computer hardware and software skill proficiency.
• Co-op, internship or other work experience.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts.
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 75%, sometimes with limited notice.

Qualifications

• MSEE, or MSME with control automation coursework.
• Research project or thesis in the areas of electrical power systems, control system theory, software engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or AC/DC motor drives.
• Work experience as research assistant, intern, or co-op in the above areas.

Hiring Range: $63,700 - $95,500