Chief Specialist - Tools And Controls

Job #
EE24029
Job Title
Chief Specialist – Tools and Controls
Office Location
Roanoke, VA preferred
Business/Department
Technology
Sales Territory, if applicable
N/A
General Role Description
Provide technical leadership for the research and development of tools and controls technologies with time horizons up to 2 years.
Role Accountabilities
- Design, develop, and manage R&
D project and investmentactivities to ensure integrity of design and accomplishment of design goals
- Research and assess the Company’s tools and controls products and systems performance and competitive position and recommend appropriate R&
D projects and investments to senior management
- Monitor and investigate emerging tools and controls technology and recommend appropriate R&
D projects and investments to senior management
- Develop and maintain relationships with university professors directing tools and controls technology research programs to identify and recommend new technologies with positive impact on the business
- Direct the work of engineers assigned to tools and controls technology projects for which the Chief Specialist is accountable
- Provide technical consulting, coaching and training of tools and controls technologies to company and subsidiary engineering team members, as directed by management, to transfer knowledge and ensure successful project execution
- Establish and maintain effective working relationship with parent company to secure approval for requested R&
D projects and to obtainadvance information about new tools and controls products
- Investigate tools and controls product failures and recommend corrective actions, as requested
- Present tools and controls technology to management, employees, clients and others at technical meetings, conferences and via technical articles in trade or professional society publications
- Prepare detailed user guides and related documentation for new tools or controls products or product features
- Travel to client or supplier site as needed to ensure development activity meets design goals
General Employee Accountabilities
- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
- Give manager best advice
- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
- Exemplify Company Core Values:
Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
- Recommend viable improvements proactively
- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering or equivalent via education and/or work experience
- 15 years’ experience in tools and controls product and system development
- Proficiency in MS Office, software design and programming, Object Oriented modeling, software life cycle management, test design, user interaction design, CAD/CAE
- Demonstrated knowledge of local area network communication technology commonly used with motor drives and level 1 systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of engineering and product configuration tools commonly used with motor drives and level 1 systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of controls commonly used in motor drives and controls commonly used in level 1 industrial systems
- Demonstrated presentation skills
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
- Availability to travel domestically, approximately 15%, and internationally, approximately 10%, often with limited notice
Preferred Qualifications
- Master of science degree in electrical, systems, or computer engineering
- 12 years’ experience in tools and controls product and system development
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with foreign parent or subsidiary companies
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with TMEIC family of motor drive controls, level 1 controls, engineering tools, and product configuration tools
- Proficiency in MS Visual Studio-based software development, especially VB6 and C#;
relational database design;
Subversion;
test automation development, especially HP QTP/UFT;
AutoCAD Electrical or similar CAE use and automation
- Demonstrated experience with field and lab-based usability research methodologies and familiarity with Windows user experience guidelines
- Demonstrated knowledge of software development on non-PC form factors, such as tablet and mobile
- Demonstrated success leading teams, coaching, and directing the work of others
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