Careers at Interface

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1) Manager Sales & Marketing - Posted 10/01/08

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Skills and Competencies Required:

  • Experience in transducers or related industry.
  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship, and persuasive skills.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Thorough knowledge of all products, service and prototypes.
  • Independent judgment and discretion are required. Must be a self-starter.
  • Must be able to maintain up most confidentiality at all times.
  • Able to identify qualified applicants through screening and interview methods.
  • Able to travel extensively.
  • Able to deal effectively with people of different cultures.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum Education: BA/BS degree in Business, Marketing, or other related field.
  • Experience/Requirements: 10+ years of experience in sales and sales management.

Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Spends high percentage of time in field developing new customers as well as training and evaluating reps and distributors.
  • Responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel in the Sales department. Recommends training, has the duty to keep the staff at the highest level of skill necessary to meet Company needs and objectives, recommends hiring and removal from the Department.
  • Maintains the Company’s presence in the forefront of the market by ensuring new products come to market in a timely and effective manner.
  • Able to convey data obtained in the field to personnel internal to the Company with accuracy, detail, and clarity.
  • Establishes sales and marketing policies for the Company.
  • Coordinates and directs the preparation of the sales budget and financial forecasts.
  • Maintains and monitors records and data base information on all current and past sales accounts, and potential customers.
  • Stays abreast of new information, technology and body of knowledge in this discipline.
  • Responsible for all sales and marketing programs including trade shows, advertising, new literature, direct mail, direct email, lead tracking, ecommerce, website, and telemarketing.
  • Identifies new markets for existing products and identifies new products and markets.
  • Recommends price strategy.

2) Manufacturing Engineer or Technician - Posted 10/01/08

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Skills and Competencies Required:

  • Excellent computer skills.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Able to accurately maintain electronic and hardcopy records of all processes and transactions.
  • Willing and able to follow written and verbal instructions and comply with existing standards and procedures.
  • Carries on non-routine communications using tact and persuasion as appropriate.
  • Independent judgment and discretion are required.
  • Interpersonal skill is needed to establish and maintain effective working relationships with vendors and across department lines.
  • Able to manage both processes and people effectively.
  • Proactive identifies, recommends and implements process improvements following approval.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum Education: BA/BS degree Manufacturing Engineering; Master Preferred.
  • Experience/Requirements: 3-5 years minimum direct experience in manufacturing operations, processes, procedures and supervision; complete a Type Preference questionnaire.

Summary of Responsibilities:

    Responsible for providing engineering technical support to production. Emphasis is on supporting initial design prototypes and engineer-directed modifications with continued support throughout production process as needed. Carries major responsibility for input on manufacturability of product and development and implementation of new processes as required. Must work effectively with Manufacturing Engineering Technician, Engineering and Operations Management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provides shop floor coverage as assigned including satisfying the technical needs of the customer within responsibilities and identifying and working as required with associates outside the production area in resolving needs not within his/her responsibility.
  • Specifies and develops tools (fabrication, gaging, test fixtures, etc.) required to perform the methods and provides accurate tool design to construct these tools.
  • Oversees maintenance of fixtures (clamping fixtures, temperature compensation racks, etc.).
  • Provides operations instructions that clearly describe the method of operation and meets existing process control requirements.
  • Develops visual workmanship standards and key procedures.
  • Interfaces with design engineers to initiate changes for solutions to production problems or inspection report dispositions. Provides input to changes initiated by others including review of designs for manufacturability and cost estimations.
  • Investigates, recommends, justifies and implements new equipment purchases.
  • Provides technical training to manufacturing personnel in the processes and equipment that are implemented; provides direction as needed to other technicians, supervisors.
  • Develops and implements work cells whenever possible including equipment selection and justification, layout development and facilities adjustments.
  • Provides technical support for vendor tooling, vendor ratings, and solving process problems.
  • Controls and updates equipment maintenance system for calibration of production equipment.
  • Performs root cause analysis and implements corrective action for non-conforming parts, dispositions and assemblies.
  • Periodically checks and/or audits equipment to ensure safety.
  • Performs special assignments and provides other related production support as assigned by the Operations Manager.

3) Applications Engineer - Posted 10/01/08

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Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Inside sales, specific sales assigned, and sales accounts.
  • Accountable for their designated sales goals.
  • Supports customer sales primarily through phone, email and written correspondence.
  • Ensures completion of all orders and customer request in a timely manner (within a 24 hour period).
  • Reviews contracts to determine what documentation is required for a project.
  • Work with project and or Design Engineers to develop a successful concept that meets the customer’s requirements.
  • Process all purchase orders.
  • Ability to define new products and new applications.
  • Solve customer application problems in a timely manner.
  • Works cooperatively, constructively and productively within a high growth environment.
  • Identify and help to enhance the company’s competitive advantage by providing product recommendations to fit customer’s requirements.
  • Travels as needed.

4) Production Engineer - Posted 10/01/08

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Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Monitor workflow.
  • Monitor quality.
  • Monitor on-time deliveries.
  • Encourage communication.
  • Provide direction, encouragement, and discipline to team.
  • Encourage, monitor and document cross-training.
  • Communicate and address problems encountered with processes and functions.
  • Good computer skills.
  • Must be able to read and write English.
  • Physical Requirements: Ability to lift 35 pounds repeatable.

5) Design Engineer - Posted 10/01/08

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Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Supervise an engineering team in design of custom force and torque transducers.
  • Control documentation and engineering drawing release. Write specifications and test procedures.
  • Perform basic stress analysis.
  • Use computer software including CAD, FEA, spreadsheets, and word processors in design work and problem solving.
  • Manage development projects.
  • Responsible for schedules, functionality, and meeting product specifications.
  • Build and test prototypes.
  • Communicate with customers on technical issues.
  • Interface regularly with design support, quality, manufacturing, calibration, and sales personnel.
  • Contribute to corporate goals of reducing cycle time and lowering costs.

6) Calibration Technician - Posted 10/01/08

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Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Perform the operation of calibration using hydraulic or dead weight equipment.
  • Assemble base load cells and install in test equipment.
  • Review travelers for proper calibration testing.
  • Print out of unit labels and certificates of calibration.
  • Must be able to follow and complete various assembly operations.
  • Must be able to fully understand percentages (math test is given).
  • Ability to set and use various torque wrenches.
  • Ability to use computers.
  • Must be able to read and write English.
  • Physical requirements: Ability to lift 50 pounds.

7) Wiring/Soldering Assembly - Posted 10/01/08

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Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Prepare fine wires (cut to length and tinning ends).
  • Fine hand wire soldering skills.
  • Mechanical assembly.
  • Ability to operate variety of hand tools.
  • Microscope (experienced a plus).
  • Cable assembly fabrication.
  • Physical requirements: Ability to lift 25 pounds and ability to sit for 8 hours or more.