Technical Support Engineer - Contract to Hire
What it's like to work here:
What you will get to do:
Customer Technical Support & Troubleshooting
- Serve as first point of contact for customer technical issues
- Diagnose problems and provide remote troubleshooting via phone, email, and video
- Resolve issues independently or escalate to engineering/field service as needed
- Own customer issues through resolution and document root causes and corrective actions
- Act as technical liaison between customers, sales, engineering, and operations
- Translate field issues into actionable engineering requirements
- Support commissioning, startup, and customer training as needed
- Identify recurring issues and recommend design or process improvements
Sales & Applications Support
- Provide technical expertise in sales conversations and discovery calls
- Evaluate customer applications and feasibility
- Assist with technical proposals and specifications
- Communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Customer Success & Documentation
- Partner with Marketing to develop troubleshooting guides, FAQs, and service/IOM/operator manuals
- Partner with Customer Service to build scalable support processes
- Track issues and identify trends for proactive solutions
What will make you successful:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent hands-on technical experience
- 2 - 4 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, equipment support, applications engineering, field service, or related technical role
- Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to understand industrial equipment and processes
- Ability to troubleshoot problems using structured problem-solving methods
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers
- Comfortable balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel occasionally for customer support, testing, or equipment commissioning
- Required to travel up to 50%
- Experience with industrial processing equipment, manufacturing systems, automation, or machinery
- Experience supporting food processing, agriculture, ingredients, or related industries
- Experience with equipment installation, commissioning, or field service
- Familiarity with CAD drawings, P&IDs, electrical diagrams, or equipment documentation
- Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience working with CRM, ticketing, or customer support systems