Engineering industry holds a prominent place in the Houston economy. The engineering sector contributes considerably to Houston’s economy. Houston has seen a tremendous increase in the number of engineering firms The firms provide a golden chance of interacting with a broad stream of professionals who have developed their expertise. Professionals in the engineering field are given a chance to develop their professional as well as personal profile in these firms.
USA is unquestionably the leader as far as achievement in the field of engineering and technology is concerned. Various engineering jobs in Houston are available since this is the country where one can see the best and the most advanced technologies of the world. There are many vacancies for the posts of field service engineers and sales engineers in Houston.
Role of a Field Service Engineer
The Field Service Engineer’s (FSE) important role is to provide installation supervision and filed repair and maintenance services to customers. The FSE will have to visit the customer site. There, this individual will be responsible for repairing of UPS systems and examining a failed product or providing site maintenance. As some repair needs will have to be done on-site the selected FSE must have sufficient knowledge and experience in examining and repairing electronic circuitry on a component level.
Qualification needed
* Two years of related experience
* Post graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
* AC/DC Power Knowledge
* Good knowledge of electronic theory
* Capability to function independently
* Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
* Strong verbal and written communication skills in the native language
* Willingness to travel widely
* The ability to work in a team
Job responsibilities for engineers
Houston engineers in several fields will have to develop strong relationships with clients at all management levels including design, procurement and senior management. They will have to lead technical Sales presentations, and assist in negotiations, offer design, implementation, and configuration best practices to partners, monitor industry trends, and/or assist the Product Development/ Marketing team where required.
The architectural engineers will be in charge of creating proposed solutions with application drawings and related technical materials for presentation to prospective client organizations. They will also have to communicate technical solutions to internal provisioning team for implementation. The technical service and filed engineers will function as key decision makers in terms of working with (and knowing when to deploy) technical subject matter experts from change management and process engineering in the development of solution proposals. They must also take an active role in the development and implementation of the business/account strategic plans with sales team. The sales engineer must have to build customer relationships at the appropriate levels as defined by account strategies and be an integral member of the business and technical solution from the conceptual through detailed phase of sales opportunities. He/she must develop strong working relationships with Engineering, Marketing, and Solutions Architects as required by designing customer solutions.
