Engineering Technician - Field Applications

Advanced Energy Industries • Eden Prairie, MN

70d • $32 - $42 • Onsite

About The Position

We have a new opportunity for an Engineering Technician based in our Eden Prairie, Minnesota design center, focused on power electronics supporting the Field Applications Engineering (FAE) team to help drive sales growth in the industrial and medical power supply segment. This role will collaborate with the FAE team to provide highly differentiated technical support to our customers to drive design wins for a diverse set of applications and customers in the Americas.

Requirements

• Attention to detail in performing and documenting testing
• Solid problem-solving methodology
• A passionate and curious technologist with an ability to learn and adapt to new products
• Basic understanding of circuit component functions
• Basic knowledge of digital communication bus such as I2C and Modbus
• Minimum of 3 years of technician or applications experience
• Proven ability and experience maintaining flexibility and being able to adapt in a team environment
• Associate's degree in engineering and/or certificate in a related field

Responsibilities

• Prepares and runs tests on power supplies to match customer application conditions
• Does small modifications and assembly on products for customer evaluation
• Performs rework, both hardware and firmware updates, for preproduction samples
• Performs onsite customer visits with Field Applications Engineers to do firmware updates, system assembly, and basic functional tests
• Creates documentation for and conducts experiments to demonstrate product capabilities
• Troubleshoots problems with customer equipment or applications
• Creates custom cabling, connectors, bus bars, etc.
• Manages stock of accessories, demos, programming equipment, etc. to expedite FAE work
• Keeps calibrations of stock current
• Helps prepare hardware for trainings and tradeshows
• Travels as needed to support FAE team activities (15%-20% domestic travel)

Benefits

• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree