Japanese Bilingual Field Application Engineer
Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.
Industry : Manufacturer
Location : Novi, MI
Salary : 65K-80K
Visa Sponsor : No
Language : English : Business Level, Japanese : Business Level
Japanese manufacturing company is seeking a Field Application Engineer.
SUMMARY
The Field Applications Engineer is responsible for supporting the sales team and the customer by providing technical support and resolution of technical issues to maximize design win success.
Responsibilities
- Sales Support - Support the sales team with customer qualification and product design
- Design Failure Analysis & Reporting - Conduct failure analysis investigation of customer products as part of the design process and report to the customer as required.
- Relationship Development / Communications - Visit customers regularly, either independently or with the sales team, for interactive customer engineering discussions.
- Product Documentation - Issue product documentation (technical drawings, specifications, data sheets, catalogs) as required.
- Reporting Communications Internal / External Provide timely and frequent written and verbal reporting on customer interaction and application details as required (including customer contact reporting in SalesForce.com).
- Product Ordering & Coordination Coordinate sample ordering, delivery, and follow-up with the customer for product approval.
- Design Recommendations Understand customers' technical requirements and make appropriate design recommendations.
- Product Development - Provide technical support to identify new applications and coordinate with appropriate program management, factory, marketing, and sales staff on development of customer applications.
- Travel - Travel required up to 80%; majority will be domestic with some international. Travel overseas as required to support customer visits to factories in Japan, China, and SE Asia.
- Technical Research & Reporting - Gather information on customer technical roadmaps and general industry technical trends, consolidate and analyze information, and report summary information and recommendations to product management on a timely and regular basis.
- Monthly Reporting - Prepare and submit a monthly summary activity report to supervisor.
- Other - Perform other duties as related to the job function as required.
Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background
- 3-5 years of design engineering experience or field application experience
- 3+ years of electronics experience
- Knowledge of ISO / TS 16949, DFMEA, APQP, and other AIAG core tools.
- Computer skills : Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required; AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or ProE a plus.
- Language skills : Proficiency in reading and writing in English and Japanese.
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