We look forward to working with experienced and talented professionals with a passion for excellence and a belief in the power of team work and collaboration. We would like to hear from people with excellent communication skills, who embrace diversity, display integrity, seek new knowledge and are pro-active in their approach.
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A pleasant working atmosphere, development opportunities, a learning environment, team work and taking responsibility, characterize what it is like to work for Nikon Metrology.
Bring your talent into the worldwide Nikon Group and progress your career with an innovative, international organization.
Provide technical guidance and technical solutions during the pre-sales process identifying customers’ technical requirements.
As part of the small team, the application engineer will be involved in all stages of the presales process from demonstrations and benchmarking, to training as well as solutions development and implementation.
The application engineer will work closely together with the sales team and plan the work at a team level.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Become a technical expert in LR/LS product range.
Discuss technical issues and solutions with new and existing customer’s in the pre-sales process and meet their technical requirements.
Drive and manage actively the pre-sales process in collaboration with the sales team.
Deliver customer demonstrations, benchmarks, training and technical pre-sales support.
Support the sales team for technical qualification and support them with in depth technical expertise.
Developing solutions to meet customers’ requirements.
Developing and updating best practice usage of the equipment for internal and external customers.
Project Management during each phase of the project.
Providing first line support for customers until buy off of system.
Understand market trend and identify business opportunity.
Installation and commissioning
Support product development
Post sales application support
ANCILLARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Working independently to initially address customer issues.
Coordinating repairs with the service department.
Helping to develop innovative ideas and solutions to customer’s problems.
Promoting the products and solutions at exhibitions and conferences.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
High degree of IT literacy.
Knowledge and experience of metrology.
Proven experience with customer interaction.
Proficient in English and local language depending on the working area.
Driving license.
Desirable
Bachelor or Master degree in technical engineering.
3+ years of experience in a similar position.
High degree of IT literacy.
Computer programming experience beneficial
Knowledge and experience of CAD/simulation beneficial
Practically competent (can use tools as well as a computer).
COMPETENCIES
Functional Competencies
Commercial feeling – ability to understand customers’ needs
Ability to read technical drawings and understand technology
Excellent presentation skills
High sense of responsibility and initiative
Ability to work independently / with little supervision
Core Competencies
Be pro-active
Broad minded and well informed in order to act quickly and resolutely
Be creative in finding solutions for our customers’ problems
Seek new knowledge
Pioneer new potential through self-study and insatiable curiosity
Eager to learn high-tech technologies
Communicate well
Harmonise diverse skills by thinking out of the box and communicating effectively with other
Listen to the customer requirements
Display integrity
Work with diligence and sincerity as a responsible individual
Treat others with respect
Embrace diversity
Welcome and value different talents, perspectives and diverse cultures
Avoid stereotypes and prejudices
WORKING ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The person should be capable of normal physical work (lifting and moving equipment in and out of cars / vans) and be prepared to help out wherever is required for successful delivery of projects.
The function of Application Engineer will require travel all around the country and stay overnight (occasionally on short notice) and occasionally abroad if required.
For UK candidates, to apply for this position please send a covering letter and your curriculum vitae to Recruitment.Nm-uk@nikon.com
For candidates living in Belgium, France or Germany, please send a covering letter and your curriculum vitae to Recruitment.Nm-be@nikon.com
