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Job Summary

Company
Technology Resource Group
Location
Southfield, MI
Industries
Computer Software
Staffing/Employment Agencies
Engineering Services
Job Type
Full Time
Employee
Years of Experience
2+ to 5 Years
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
Career Level
Entry Level
Salary
60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD /year
expected target Salary range if objectives are met

Applications Engineer

About the Job






APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

Purpose:
Bring technical solutions and sell company products to the customer's R&D people (existing and new customers in the respective area/region)

Accountabilities:
- Establish a professional technical working relationship on strategic and high potential volume projects with customers
- Understand, educate and support customers in their technical developments and challenges by using the appropriate internal capabilities and know-how in order to secure design-ins
- Share internally the new learnings (product issues, market trends, customer information, competition)
- Support the ongoing business (post sales)



Job Requirements:

Technical Competencies:
- Technical experience in similar products (mixed mode ICs, sensors, motor driver, microcontrollers), technologies or applications
High level of customer orientation

Business Competencies:
-Business knowledge: Practices the importance of customer orientation and ensures that his/her work contributes to customer needs, has a good knowledge of the ongoing company programs and an excellent knowledge of the company products.
-Conceptual Thinking: translates product capabilities and opportunities and fine-tunes them to customers’ needs, keeps a mid-term perspective while working on immediate problems, contributes to the creation of new ideas, to address current issues and/or future opportunities.
-Change management: Is flexible and prepared to adapt to meet changing requirements.
-Planning and time management: Observes time schedules and milestones both in the development and production phases and closely follows up developments with existing and new customers, can handle and honor the freedom that he/she is given.
- Problem solving and innovation: looks creatively at adding value to the customers’ products through optimal use / adaptation of company products and solutions, evaluates logically several alternative approaches to reach a variety of solutions and implement the best solution.
- Decision making: Use the internal networks at the appropriate time to solicit input for discussing issues and solving problems, able to take decisions under time pressure, keeps the best interests of the company in mind while taking decisions.
- Getting things implemented: Ensure new applications are introduced through coordinating work externally and internally in a virtual set-up, does whatever is necessary to achieve customer satisfaction.
- Influencing: is persuasive in debate and capable of gaining acceptance for proposals, to be a partner for the technical decision makers at the customers, able to explain and sell ideas, expresses pride in the work of the company.
- Communicating: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, listening skills, proven report writing and effective presentation skills, is convinced of the importance of sharing information, is open and non-political.
- Teamwork: Good interpersonal skills, easy to relate with customers both internally and externally, forming supportive relationships with others, values the contribution of others, displays the highest levels of integrity and trust.
- Career and self direction: Takes career development in his/her own hands and ensures the support of the organization, takes each rejection by the customer as information he/she can learn from, make personal, career and organizational goals compatible.

Requirements
- Engineering degree in Electronics
- Minimum 1 - 3 years of experience in the automotive and /or semiconductor business
- Fluency in English
- Has worked in an international environment and has a minimum understanding of cultural differences that influence decision making processes
- Proven technical design-in ability including analysis of schematics and BOM development
- Prepared to travel regularly with some international travel required
- Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States without any time or employer-related restrictions








 
 

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