Application Engineer

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Job Description

We are growing and are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Applications Engineer to join our high-performance team and become an expert adviser to our customers and provide outstanding support to our sales, marketing and product management teams.

The successful candidate will be a leader in understanding our products and technology and how our customers apply them in their critical motion control systems. You will also create essential application content, providing materials that delight customers and ensure long-term product line growth and success.

You'll assist customers in understanding technical product capabilities and finding the best fit for their needs. You'll communicate and demonstrate our value proposition in collaboration with sales teams to win business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide thorough and expert technical support to our customers to accelerate implementation and accelerate time to market.
• Works closely with new product developers to fully understand all key features and provides suggestions for their improvement and usability in customer applications.
• Develop customer-facing demos for sales assistance and for industry-leading tradeshows and events.
• Provide in-depth technical training to Novanta colleagues, distributors, partners and customers.
• Benchmark our best-selling products against the competition to identify specific points of differentiation.
• Visit key customers (along with territory managers), to provide application/system level technical assistance/guidance.
• Document key customer applications in great detail to validate our portfolio value proposition and to refine market needs.
• Attend tradeshows and conferences, write articles, and in general work on technical materials aimed at the promotion of our technologies within Robotics & Automation.
• Develop and improve documentation for product manuals and technical articles in order to expedite system commissioning.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

• Possess a B.S. in one or more engineering disciplines and prior experience in technical sales or engineering. (B.S. in Electronics/Telecommunication/Industrial Engineering or any related engineering studies)
• 3+ years of experience in design engineering, applications engineering, high technology sales support, or field service
• Be able to communicate technical information to non-technical customers, partners and internal colleagues.
• Be results-driven and customer-focused, self-motivated and able to work well in a team.
• High level of English language.

Travel Requirements

• Must possess a valid passport and be able to travel around the world, if required. May require up to 25% travel.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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