Engineering Technician - Field Applications

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:        

We have a new opportunity for an Engineering Technician based in our Eden Prairie, Minnesota or Wilmington, Massachusetts design center, focused on power electronics supporting the Field Applications Engineering (FAE) team to help drive sales growth in the industrial and medical power supply segment. This role will collaborate with the FAE team to provide highly differentiated technical support to our customers to drive design wins for a diverse set of applications and customers in the Americas.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares and runs tests on power supplies to match customer application conditions
• Does small modifications and assembly on products for customer evaluation
• Performs rework, both hardware and firmware updates, for preproduction samples
• Performs onsite customer visits with Field Applications Engineers to do firmware updates, system assembly, and basic functional tests
• Creates documentation for and conducts experiments to demonstrate product capabilities
• Troubleshoots problems with customer equipment or applications
• Creates custom cabling, connectors, bus bars, etc.
• Manages stock of accessories, demos, programming equipment, etc. to expedite FAE work
• Keeps calibrations of stock current
• Helps prepare hardware for trainings and tradeshows
• Travels as needed to support FAE team activities (15%-20% domestic travel)

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Works onsite in a standard office environment and in an engineering lab environment
• Overtime (OT) may be required during peak times
• Anticipated travel around 15%-20% within the US

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Attention to detail in performing and documenting testing
• Solid problem-solving methodology
• A passionate and curious technologist with an ability to learn and adapt to new products
• Basic understanding of circuit component functions
• Basic knowledge of digital communication bus such as I2C and Modbus

 

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 3 years of technician or applications experience
• Proven ability and experience maintaining flexibility and being able to adapt in a team environment

 

EDUCATION:

• Associate’s degree in engineering and/or certificate in a related field

 

COMPENSATION:                           

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