Associate Field Application Engineer - College Grad Program (Irvine, CA))

Description

ABOUT HIROSE 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Hirose, an organization that for almost a hundred years has been pioneering thousands of new connectors and defining industry standards in consumer electronics, industrial automation, high speed backbone computer infrastructure, automotive, and medical applications. A compact company of smart people, Hirose uses the talents of every employee to bring innovation to put big technology in small packages. 

Position Summary 

? The ideal applicant will be based in Southern California and reporting to our Irvine, CA office.?The primary responsibility for this position is to provide technical support and, prepare and present product presentations alongside US Sales, and customers. Coordinate and provide support for technical inquiries working with Japanese and US Engineering teams. This position will report to the Senior Regional Sales Manager. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Serve as the primary advanced technical resource to Sales team and Hirose customers? 
• Communicate directly with customers for all application support questions, performance spec and data inquiries, and new product development requests? 
• Help expand Sales team’s technical presence within key customer accounts? 
• Understand customer technology direction information and summarize and share those trends? 
• Understand customer applications and competitor’s products by teardown analysis and by measurement and create the report? 
• Support Technology and Product demonstrations as requested by Sales? 
• Understand how to use and maintaining electrical equipment? 
• Build up relationships with cable and harness manufacturers.? 
• Help with sales promotion activities (i.e.? Exhibition participation, Sales package creation)? 

Additional duties: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication with all departments and customers? 
• Excellent presentation skills for both internal and customer meetings? 
• Proactive, creative and a sense of urgency in response to customer requests? 

Hirose is excited to offer the following during approximately 3-4 months of training:  

• Paid training? 
• Housing? 
• Shared Company Car for Transportation? 
• After the successful completion of your training for the Associate Field Application Engineer position, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow within this position.? 
• This position is a salary-based position. Our extensive training will allow you to perform the essential job responsibilities listed below, upon completion.? 

Requirements

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• BSEE or BSME is required or equivalent.? 
• (1) Year of experience preferred but not required  
• Excellent communication, presence, and presentation skills to work with internal teams, external partners, and customers? 
• Strong ability to organize and drive projects with effective project management skills? 
• Proficient computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint? 
• Familiarity with Salesforce.com or another CRM package a plus, but not required  
• Positive attitude, proactive mentality, team player, responsive with a strong work ethic? 
• Cross-cultural work experience is a plus, preferably with Japanese companies? 
• Must be able to work with Hirose Japan Sales and Engineering team overtime as needed? 
• Self-motivated & positive attitude with great energy.? 
• A strong level of engineering aptitude with ability to communicate technical solutions, along with a full understanding of all Hirose product lines is required to help address and solve customer related problems.?The person may be required to learn SI knowledge in line with the task assigned.? 
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of time to the multiple customer’s R&D locations and may include international travel? 
• Must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship now or in the future? 

SUPERVISION 

None  

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
Normal office environment. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee will also need to travel to tradeshows and company events.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Hirose Electric Americas, Inc. may need to revise or change the essential and supplemental responsibilities of the position as the need arises.  This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. 

Salary : $75,000 - $78,000