Open Position: Application Engineer / Toolkits / Burlington, MA

[mikeheck]

Visualization Sciences Group Inc.
15 New England Executive Park
Burlington, MA, 01803
www.vsg3d.com
jobs@vsg3d.com

Open position: Application Engineer for North American Software Toolkit Market
Offer #: SM-US-12-B

Position Description

Data visualization is a fast growing sector in the world of business, science and industry.
The Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) develops innovative solutions for 3D visualization in a wide range of areas such as geosciences, medical research, design and mechanical engineering, material sciences, and NDT. We provide industry-leading organizations with interactive 3D data visualization software and solutions that help business, scientific and engineering users gain critical insight from all types of data.

Position Summary:

You will build and maintain the technical relationship with VSG customers, including Government and Defense customers. You will need to understand customer applications, map them to our products and capabilities and help implement them. You will develop demonstrations, benchmarks, prototypes, and customized solutions based on our product portfolio. You will attend and contribute to the organization of exhibitions, conferences and seminars. You will work very closely with our sales and our engineering divisions.

Location:

The position is open to US Citizens in Burlington, MA.
About 25-30% travel is required.

Territory: US and Canada

Qualified candidates will have to conduct following tasks:

• Provide application engineering support. Example responsibilities include explaining the features and benefits of the VSG solution; delivering product presentations to technical and management personnel and communicating with sales and product managers regarding customer needs.
• Be responsible for preparing and delivering proof of concept demonstrations which meet customer business requirements, and resolve any technical issue which arises during a sales cycle.
• Work with Technical Support to resolve customer issues.
• Share experience with other Application Engineers in VSG

Secondary Accountabilities/Scope of Position:

• Reviews technical documentation and participates in QA of new products and new releases before they are proposed to customers.
• Participates in preparing the content of the technical materials and presentations (highlighted features, samples…)
• Conducts other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent
• Technical requirements:
  • 1-2 years’ experience in 3D programming: OpenGL, Open Inventor, other scene graph APIs, DirectX, visualization toolkits (VTK, Hoops, Coin3D, OpenSceneGraph, ITK ), QT, volume rendering, post-processing visualization on meshes …
  • C++ and Microsoft .Net (Java a plus)
  • Good knowledge of the Windows and Linux developer environments.
  • General knowledge of visualization algorithms and compute cluster based systems.
  • General knowledge of Medical, CAE, and CAD/CAM and metrology markets and workflows is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills. Must be able to communicate technical ideas in person (one-on-one and small audience settings) as well as listening to and responding to customer problems via telephone and email, giving technical direction, and technical programming and analysis.
• Organized and focused. Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at the same time, and be able to prioritize responsibilities.

The above description is intended to describe the general content, identify the essential functions of, and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.