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Career at Bourns:

If working for an organization with a long history of technological innovation and high advancement potential in a supportive, collaborative, and positive work environment are top considerations for your next career move, then you need to look at the opportunities at Bourns.

Bourns was founded 75 years ago with the guiding principles of providing breakthrough technology solutions, high-quality products, responsive service, and exceptional value. Those principles still hold true today and have instilled a culture that is committed to excellence and ethical operations. As a leading provider of advanced components for power conversion, circuit protection, and motion control sensing solutions, Bourns employs more than 9,000 people in 21 countries and operates 17 manufacturing centers and 15 R&D facilities. Our customers and partners rely on Bourns to meet strict design requirements and satisfy international standards in a broad range of industries and applications. We achieve this stature because Bourns employees excel in the development of new products and continuous improvement processes that keep the company a global leader in delivering outstanding service.

Job Description:
  1. BASIC PURPOSE:
    1. Assist the Bourns Sales team to grow our business with technical support and design assistance to customers especially Automotive industry located in India.  
    2. Identify and specify new product opportunities to serve existing and emerging applications.
    3. Identify product gaps, product trends and new applications impacting our business.
  1. DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES (End Results Expected):
  1. Activities to achieve design-Ins (qualification of Bourns solutions):
  • Engage in direct contact with key customers and focus accounts, constantly pursuing deeper and stronger ties with the customer’s technical staff. 
  • Discover customer’s unmet needs in current and developing programs.  Determine technically and commercially viable solutions to meeting these needs.
  • Contribute to the Bourns library of application solutions
  • Provide schematic level solutions/suggestions to customers.
  • Assist sales activities by suggesting product samples needed and following up with the customer on their experience gained by using those samples.  
  • Provide technical application solution training to distribution channel partners and customers.  This may include preparing and presenting technical information at conferences and trade shows.
  • Engage distributors’ FAE/Sales team for assigned accounts/projects
  • Conduct monthly tracking and discussing projects with distributors.
  1. Other Activities:
  • Monthly activity reporting.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Provide test reports, technical data and surveys from Web inquiries
  • Conduct technical/products seminars to customers and distributors
  • Knowledge on industrial and telecom standards like IEC, GR and ITU
  1. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

This position requires customer-facing activities and so requires excellent communications skills in addition to a strong circuit design background at the board level.

Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to find innovative solutions to overcome customer obstacles. The ability to make effective technical presentations and good technical/market knowledge is required to influence and advise Bourns customers in their selection process of Bourns solutions.

Success comes from the ability to develop strong relationships with the engineering staffs at our customers.  This includes maintaining a high degree of cultural sensitivity in the territories served.

Excellent written and verbal communication in English is required

  1. BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: 

MSEE degree is preferred.  A degree in any other engineering discipline, physics or science may be acceptable with appropriate electrical engineering experience.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 

Experience in board-level design and analog electronics is required.

Telecom/Datacom design experience is a plus.

Experience in Circuit Protection solutions will be a significant advantage.

Detailed knowledge of assigned market’s design platforms and applications is essential.

 

Semiconductor and passive devices application support experience is a plus. 

Knowledge of Telecom/Datacom market industry safety and performance standards (e.g. ITU, IEEE) is a plus.

OTHER SKILLS:  

Time management and organizational skills

Leadership and presentation (public speaking) skills

Flexible and able to work in a fast-paced environment and travel frequently.

Bourns is an equal opportunity employer. At Bourns, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Employees fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

If you are results-oriented, have the drive to find industry-leading ways to meet ongoing technological challenges, and go the extra mile to maximize customer relationships, then we invite you to apply to join the Bourns team. 
Custom Field 1:  $ 37600 - $ 58750

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