UI-Software Engineer

Omron Automation Americas has an exciting, comprehensive Summer Paid Internship Program for which it seeks energetic electrical or mechanical engineers. The 10 week program will help you grow into a high-performing engineer for a Sales, Application Engineering, Marketing or Project Management positions.

Our goal is to select and develop top talent for future employment and leadership within the company. Interns will work on projects that deliver real results and have a direct impact on our business. You will assume responsibility for challenging projects and acquire real-world experience.

The program will be based at our corporate office in Hoffman Estates, IL for 5 weeks and travel in the field for 5 weeks. The program begins on June 5, 2017. Our compensation for a paid internship is $20.00 per hour.

You will have exposure to the following areas:

• Sales prospecting -- cold calling targeted industries or companies and adding all activities in Salesforce.com.
• Customer Relationship Systems (CRM) -- become proficient with utilizing this CRM by adding contacts, companies, lead conversions, and opportunity management
• Account Management - performing joint sales calls with Account Managers
• Sales Channel -- training at distributors and performing joint sales calls

Application Engineering

• Demo training -- show key features and advantages
• Target applications and industry segments -- explain why product was developed
• Hands On -- programming, wiring, commissioning, sizing, and building
• E Learning - technical training for key products
• Technical Support Group -- listening to calls and gathering technical knowledge

Marketing

• Product Knowledge -- understanding product features and benefits and competitive advantages versus specific competition
• Presentation Skills - product presentations/demonstrations
• Trade Shows -- work Omron's booth and walk the show
• Marketing Communications -- Branding, message to external customers and distributors
• Competitive Comparison -- strengths, weaknesses, and price
• Organization - develop work schedule and sequence of engineering tasks
• Hands On - Perform customer site installation, commissioning and validation of a developed program.
• Communication - Proactively communicate the status of projects, identifying critical path items and recommendations for resolution of any issue that would impact production schedules.
• Work Schedule - work independently or as a member of a project team

Internship Requirements:

• Pursuing a 4 year degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Must be graduating in December of 2017 or May of 2018.
• Identified sales, application engineering, marketing, or project management as a career.
• Energetic, aggressive, focused and a highly motivated self-starter.
• Strong relationship builder and a strong personal desire to win.
• Ability to multi-task and work cross-functionally with strong organizational skills.
• Team player mentality but able to work independently as required.
• Strong interpersonal, listening, questioning and communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to travel up to 50% in the United States.

The Company:

*******2014-2015 National Best and Brightest Company to Work For!

*******2013-2016 Winner for one of the 75 Best Places to Work in Illinois!

*******2011-2016 Winner for one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago!

Omron Automation - Americas is a leading global manufacturer of industrial automation products focused on sensing and control technologies. We serve OEM machine builders and end users with a wide range of products that integrate easily into complete automation solutions, offer simple connectivity, and are backed by solid support services. Our extensive product groups which are primarily manufactured overseas include programmable controllers, servo motors and drives, operator interfaces, temperature controllers, sensors, inspection and machine vision systems, RFID track and trace systems, and software. Our established distribution network generates most of the sales, and we use e-commerce, custom manufacturing and service centers to support special needs.

Omron Automation - Americas, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is the Americas industrial automation subsidiary of Omron Corporation, a $7 billion global technology company celebrating 75 years of success. Led by a management team where each member has 20+ years of experience in Industrial Automation, we are a midsize firm with a corporate culture of quality and customer satisfaction. As we strive to grow the company and our market share, this position offers the potential to make a solid impact on the organization.

Omron's corporate core value of "working for the benefit of society" applies to our unique technical competencies in the areas of industrial automation, safety, security, environmental protection and healthcare in pursuit of a brighter future for all. As a corporate citizen that has long recognized and encouraged the importance of giving back to local communities and helping those less fortunate, Omron has demonstrated this over the years by designing a manufacturing facility which employs the disabled, making donations to aide those impacted by natural disasters, and sponsoring an annual Omron Day in which employees volunteer in the local communities across the globe.

Omron Automation - Americas is an equal opportunity employer.