Field Applications Engineer

Richardson Electronics Ltd•Blackberry Township, IL

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. is seeking a Field Application Engineer (FAE) to interpret customer applications and collaborate with Engineering and Program Management to provide customer solutions. This role involves providing follow-up support, disseminating technical information for specific applications, conducting product testing in the field, data acquisition, and contributing to new product development. The company operates under lean manufacturing principles, emphasizing efficiency, continuous improvement, and responsiveness to customer demand, which may require flexibility in responsibilities.

Requirements

Three year technical associate degree, Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or at least 5-7 years technical experience in Wind Turbine Power Generation.
Ability to climb turbine towers 100+ meters in height approximately 5-15 times per month, or as needed.
Competent climber and tower rescue certification.
Must be able to travel 25% both Domestic & International.
Must be proficient in MS Office.
Must be authorized to work in the US.

Nice To Haves

Additional experience in energy storage would be preferred.
Experience with multiple wind turbine supplier technology is a plus. (i.e. Siemens Gamasa, GE, Nordex, Vestas)
Experience with integrated circuits, power supplies, and Basic Programming is a plus.

Responsibilities

Discusses, interprets, reviews, and provides technical solutions to customer requirements/applications for the Power & Microwave Technologies Group (PMG). Travel to customers required 25% of the time.
Provided post sales technical support/trouble shooting and expertise to the PMG sales staff, service group and customers as required.
Analyzes customers needs, determining modification and changes needed to fulfill customer requirements for PMG engineered solutions.
Consults with PMG Engineering team on changes based on customer feedback.
Proactively participate in engineering meetings to meet the needs of customers.
Perform data collection from industrial electronics, low and medium voltage applications.
Co-work with sales team to develop unique market strategy to penetrate into potential market sectors.
Promoting/Introducing key suppliers/products in broad applications for current and emerging energy storage technologies.
Attends and participates in sales meetings, trade shows, and training seminars as required and assigned.
Keeps informed on market changes and trends relating to products in the industry and report these to Program Management and Engineering.
Prepare and submits all required reports in a timely manner.
Maintains project details to insure effective communication and information tracking.