Junior Engineer-4 - Nidec Motor Corporation

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Job Summary

Job Description

Nidec Industrial Solutions:

Nidec Industrial Solutions [NIS] is a $500M Business Unit of Nidec Corporation, an $18 Billion global company focused on motors, drives, and controls. NIS is headquartered in Milan, Italy with footprint in 10 countries and growing. Our US operations are based in Cleveland, OH. NIS Americas activities span a range of business models including products manufacturing, system engineering and automation, installation, and services. Our customers and applications are in Oil &Gas, Mining, Renewable Energy & Storage, Metals manufacturing, Pulp & Paper, Marine, Material Handling, Power Generation, Electrical Vehicle Charging and other diverse sectors.

Position Summary:

This individual will analyze and test various products and assemblies, including AC and DC drives and encoders.  Test and troubleshoot equipment and products, both production and RMO as necessary.  Receives objectives and technical advice from Engineers or Managers. Conducts tests or experiments requiring selection and adaptation or modification of equipment and test procedures. Records and analyzes data and prepares test reports.  Support operations in day-to-day activities to produce high quality products, solve problems to root cause and provide general technical support.

Essential Job Functions

• Conduct various electrical, electronic, and computer, tests to support production process
• Collect and record test data
• Perform typical duties such as:  constructing test fixtures, repairing customer products/drives and encoders, connecting and wiring drives and motors
• Troubleshoot and correct malfunctions of assemblies and PCB’s as required from manufacturing
• Test and troubleshoot DC and AC drives and drive systems as required from manufacturing and RMO processes
• Determine and identify necessary equipment and/or testing fixtures to effectively test products
• Elevate opportunities where process improvements can/have been noted
• Support engineering in hardware and software design of motor drives, controls systems and encoders
• Support operations and quality department to improve products and processes
• Other duties as assigned

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology

Travel Requirements

• Not required under normal circumstances
• May be necessary for off-site training or special site visit circumstances

Preferred Traits:

• Action oriented – biased towards small immediate steps (Kaizen)
• Quality by example – demonstrates quality leadership through personal attitude & actions
• Communicator – consistent, effective, clear, timely, and polite (internal & external communication)
• Autonomous - Ability to set priorities without input or supervision in fast moving/fluid situations
• Strong sense of urgency
• Tech Savvy

Additional Job Details

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.