Us Field Engineer

Job title: Field Engineer

Salary: $70,000 and up; compensation commensurate with experience and training

Location: USA, preferably close to a significant airport

The Company:

VMC Information Services is part of the VMC Group which includes VMC in Redmond, WA and VMC sarl, France.

The VMC Group has been addressing customer needs for over 30 years, delivering progressive, customized engineering solutions - including hardware, software, and ongoing service for in production and end-of-line quality/fault testing, in-process validation as well as specialized automation solutions. The Group also develops IOT solutions for monitoring, control and information delivery for remote stationary and mobile industrial equipment.

Our customers are world-class original equipment manufacturers, located in 10+ countries, making mining, construction, agricultural, paving, and other off highway equipment, as well as highway trucks. We also have customers in the automotive transmission and engine remanufacturing fields and specialized product delivery verticals. Our production facility is in Redmond, WA, and our Field Engineers are resident in six countries – United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, India and China

The VMC Group is employee-owned, allowing for a long-term view which drives relationships with customers and the team. Long-term employees can become eligible for share ownership through purchase of shares.

The Candidate:

We are looking for a US-based engineer, mechanical or electrical to work from a home office, who will work on projects at customer sites as a Field Engineer as well as occasionally visiting our Redmond facility in final assembly and runout of our systems there prior to shipment. We are looking for outgoing individuals with strong engineering skills, who are comfortable working in a hands-on manufacturing plant environment, where tool use and problem-solving skills are essential.

The successful candidate will frequently work independently at customer locations and needs to be a self-starter and good communicator as interacting with customers is an essential job component.

Candidates can be recent engineering graduates or more experienced engineers. A background in the heavy equipment or automotive field would be beneficial.

The Engineer's main roles:

On-site installation of systems in customer facilities, in the US and occasionally abroad, including assembly of system hardware, training of customer, installation, and customization of software to customer needs as well as setting up reporting and user-interfaces as required by the customer. Installations are often done by a single engineer but can sometimes require several team members on-site.

• Interact with customer management to understand broader issues within a facility to identify potential further opportunities where we could add value to that operation and increase sales.
• Provide ongoing technical support for existing system installations at various customer facilities.

Specific Skills:

Engineering: Sound understanding and skills in electrical, mechanical, electronics and controls fields are essential. Programming skills and experience are valued as well as experience in schematics, requirements analysis, troubleshooting electronics using basic tools such as a multimeter and O-scope.

Independence: Must be able to work from his/her home office as well as in customer facilities and consequently needs to be a self-starter, self-disciplined and manage work and time effectively.

Discipline: Must possess good work and time management skills to meet project timelines and other customer and Company requirements.

Test Experience: System or component testing experience in an automotive or heavy equipment manufacturing environment is a plus.

Travel: The candidate must be able to work effectively in customer facilities and be willing to work away from home at a customer site for up to 2–3-weeks. The candidate must have a valid driver’s license and have or be able to get a valid passport with no limiting travel restrictions.

Language skills: Fluency in English; multilingual abilities especially Spanish an asset.

Please send resume along with cover letter to apply

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote