Applications Engineer - Safe Fleet

Meet the Smart Safety Company

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.

We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.

We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 20 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you? 

Work for the Smart Safety Company

SUMMARY:

The Applications Engineer (AE) will be responsible for supporting the technical aspects of our SafeLink portfolio. This portfolio consists of OmniPlex Multiplexing System, SafeTrack Asset Tracking System and ACE (Automated Control Environment).  The AE will need to be in our Fire Research facility located in Nesconset, NY.

The AE works closely with customers to train them to understand our SafeLink portfolio, so that the customers are self-sufficient with our products.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Setup, program, wire our SafeLink products.
• Become an expert regarding SafeLink products.
• Be on the customer site to support new system installations into fire apparatus, ambulances, and other applications.
• Assure assigned products are properly implemented at vehicle manufacture’s sites.
• Put together light engineering drawings, such as harnesses with AutoCAD.
• Educating and training of customer base and sales organization.
• Continuously identify current product gaps.
• Learn the applications; fire apparatus and ambulances.
• Support sales by providing technical assistance via email and/or on site visits with sales.
• Support production testing of the SafeLink products.
• Up to 50% travel required. This may increase during the first few years of ramp up, then will drop below 50% after the second year.   

 PERSONAL SKILLS:

• Ethical and respectful, must be able to represent a company that is built on integrity.
• Personally driven with a track record of success.
• Mediator who can bring different functional groups together.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to develop relationships with global customers and diverse cultures, ability to efficiently work with internal departments to deliver what is needed.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:     

• 5+ years of technical experience working with embedded control systems, CAN based systems and/or PLCs.
• 2+ years of customer-faced experience.
• Programming skills, of at least PLC level to support our PLC environment.
• Bachler’s Degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering or computer science. 

At Safe Fleet, you are empowered to build a career that will take you where you want to go. You'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the tools necessary to achieve personal success.  We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including Medical, Dental, 401K and bonuses. 

*Safe Fleet does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry veteran status or any other status protected by law.

New York Salary range: $90,000-120,000

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