Electric Drive Systems - Technical Specialist

SunSource is one of North America’s leading fluid power industrial distribution companies, providing products, services and information in hydraulics, pneumatics, filtration, automation systems, and related industrial components, serving both the industrial, OEM, MRO, and mobile equipment markets.

SunSource offers an industry competitive compensation plan and excellent company benefits including medical, dental and 401(k). SunSource also offers tuition reimbursement and training opportunities for talented people with a desire to learn and grow.

Are you interested in joining a successful distributor in MOBILE DRIVE SYSTEMS where the customers are switching to ELECTRIC DRIVES?   Join the electric vehicle revolution for mobile equipment!

The Electric Drive Technical Specialist is responsible for support of electric drives used in mobile equipment reporting to engineering and support sales.  In this role you will:  

• Size and select electric drives and motors for off highway equipment.
• Develop and support system schematics for drives and accessories.
• Onsite validation and testing support for OEM customers.
• Assist in identifying new vendors to support drive applications.    
• Internal account manager awareness and sales support
• Customer product training

General Education and Experience:

• Education:  2 year technical degree - 4 year engineering degree preferred. 
• Experience:  2 year’s experience as Application Engineer or technical specialist developing and support drive solutions.

Essential Functions:

• Accountability: Demonstrates an understanding of the link between one’s own job responsibilities and overall organizational goals and needs, and performs one’s job with the broader goals in mind.
• Integrity: Acts in an honest and trustworthy manner based on personal accountability and a moral conviction to do the right thing.
• Interpersonal Relationships: Thinks carefully about the likely effect on others of one’s words, actions, appearance and mode of behavior. Maintains stable performance and emotional control when faced with opposition, pressure, hostility from others and/or stressful conditions.
• Energy: Consistently maintaining a high activity or productivity level; sustaining long work hours.
• Drive for Results: Demonstrates concern for achieving or surpassing results against an internal or external standard of excellence, shows a passion for improving the delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Coaching: Works to improve and reinforce performance of others. Facilitates their skill development by providing clear, behaviorally specific performance feedback and making or eliciting specific suggestions for improvement in a manner that builds confidence and maintains self-esteem.
• Competitive: To outperform others who are selling goods or services in the same market.  Does thing