Application Specialist - (New Grads - Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics) 12 month contract - Southwestern Ontario

Job description

Kick start your career journey!

Experience@Siemens is an exciting opportunity for new Graduates from college or university to transition from academic to the workplace. Siemens Canada will provide you with practical and meaningful work experience as you start your career journey and help you build business skills.

We are passionate about innovations that mean real progress. We are excited about technologies that still need to be developed. What about you? Do you want to use your curiosity, passion, and creativity to make the lives of millions of people easier and better? Join aus as a recent graduate –by beginning your early career through Experience@Siemens New Graduate Program. Whichever path you take, we’re looking forward to seeing your perspective.

Recent graduates enrolled in this program will be partnered with a mentor and receive one on one coaching and guidance in support of their development and to help navigate their early career. In addition, this program will help students establish contacts and widen their network to excel in their career journey. Experience@Siemens offers experiential learning and flexibility, allowing you to balance your personal life and career goals.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens.

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2023 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

What will you do?

As a New Graduate Application Specialist, you will provide Application Engineering Support for Factory Automation products. Functionally reporting to the Application Engineering manager, you will play an instrumental role in technically supporting the pre and post sales activities for the Factory Automation business in Canada. You will be operating with an expected level of professionalism, while displaying passion about exceeding customer expectations and working with a sense of urgency. Your role will involve:

• Assisting with the analysis of customer requirements and providing a solution utilizing the SIMATIC product portfolio
• Assisting with the Siemens Sales Organization, Exclusive Industrial Distributors and Siemens Solution Partners, to demonstrate technical features and benefits of Siemens Automation portfolio
• Working alongside Application Engineers, understanding the value added and service offerings while partnering with customers to further understand their needs in order to provide them with a consultative technical solution
• Develop Sales Collateral such as value proposition demo programs, application notes, white papers
• Assisting with internal demos, products, to ensure they are up-to-date and functional
• Supporting the Product Marketing team on various Marketing activities such as Product launch Seminars, Application Presentations and Workshops
• Supporting customers in Windsor and surrounding area 

What will you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or related field
• Knowledge in Industrial applications, Factory Automation and Mechatronics theory is a great asset
• Hands-on experience with Motion Control and Industrial Networking using PROFINET and/or Ethernet/IP
• PLC Programming and Computer Programming Language experience is a great asset
• Application experience in OEM industry such as Automotive, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Metal and Mining is an asset
• Familiar with other Industrial Automation Platforms, Industrial networks and Factory Automation product offerings in the market
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills along with proven ability to provide technical training
• Must be willing to travel locally on a short notice in South Western Ontario
• Fluent in English both written and spoken
• Valid driver’s license with a good driving record is a must

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

For over 110 years, Siemens Canada has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability. Active across Canada, the company focuses on intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems and on automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Siemens brings together the digital and physical worlds to benefit customers and society. Through Mobility, a leading supplier of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is helping to shape Canada’s passenger rail services. Via its majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, Siemens is also a leading supplier of medical technology and digital health services. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.

Making a difference together we raised $757,000 towards charitable contributions, support over 23 non-profit organizations and planted 1,100 trees in our local communities. Siemens Canada has 2,500 employees from coast-to-coast and 24 office and production facilities across Canada. Join our team of approximately 293,000 talented professionals in more than 190 countries/regions and help us tackle the most exciting challenges to build a successful future together.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at www.siemens.ca

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Siemens is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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