Systems Engineer

Kion Group AG

$96K — $140K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, or Software Engineering required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 7+ years of engineering experience, preferably in the material handling sector.
  • Demonstrated capability in functional leadership and expert communication skills.
  • Proficient in creating technical documentation.
  • Strong customer interaction skills and ability to be customer-facing.
  • Collaborative team player, capable of working with regionally distributed teams.
  • Willingness to travel up to 60% annually based on project demands.

Responsibilities

  • Validate the feasibility of sold solutions during project execution.
  • Participate in engineering discussions and actively contribute to projects.
  • Facilitate internal and customer layout discussions.
  • Lead controls discussions with internal teams and customers.
  • Support Functional Description Specification Workshops with customers.
  • Generate and secure approval for System Specifications from customers.
  • Define and align interfaces between system components (HW/SW/Controls/IT/Subs).
  • Coordinate simulation updates and integrate results into projects.
  • Plan and manage software acceptance and system testing phases.
  • Guide tuning and adjustments of systems for optimal performance.

Benefits

  • Flexible work locations in major cities: Wauwatosa, Grand Rapids, Dallas, or Atlanta.
  • Opportunities for career advancement within a high-tech organization.
  • Collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge solution-oriented projects.
  • Dynamic travel opportunities for project implementations.
Full Job Description
This is an excellent opportunity for a creative and results driven systems engineer to make a positive impact with a high-tech solution-oriented organization. You will be part of an interdisciplinary technical team that proves the validates our solution and drives the testing and delivery to our customers.

The Systems Engineer is responsible for the technical development, testing, integration, volume and acceptance testing of the overall Dematic solution.

This position can be located in a major field office - Wauwatosa, WI, Grand Rapids, MI, Dallas,TX or Atlanta, GA.

Tasks and Qualifications:

This is What you Will Do in This Role: 

  • Responsible for as sold validation at turn over from Sales to Project execution. Can we build what was sold

  • Participation in all the engineering discussions and actively participate in the project

  • Attend & facilitate layout discussions internal and with the customer

  • Attend & facilitate controls discussions internal and with the customer

  • Attend & support the Functional Description Specification Workshop(s) internal and with the customer

  • Generate System Specification for the customer approval and understanding of the system

  • Define & agree on interfaces between components systems (HW/SW/Controls/IT/Subs)

  • Coordinate required simulation updates and integration of results into the project

  • Create & execute test planning and management to verify completed system:

    • Software Acceptance Testing (FAT)

    • Internal emulation testing

    • System Integration Testing

    • System Throughput Testing

    • System Acceptance Testing

  • Guide System tuning and definition of adjustments.

What We Are Looking For:

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Controls, or Software Engineering, required (or acceptable alternative)

  • Master or Advanced Degree in Engineering, preferred

  • 7+ years’ experience in engineering with demonstrated experience in material handling industry preferred

  • Functional leadership and expert communications

  • Demonstrated ability to create technical documentation.

  • Ability to be customer facing, good with customer interaction.

  • Collaborative and effective team player and able to work with teams who are regionally located

  • Willingness to travel for extended periods based on project life cycle. Approximately 60% annually.

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