Customer Support Engineer Jobs in Illinois

INTRODUCTION

Fictiv exists to help product innovators create. Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv's four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk—ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.

ROLE SUMMARY

The Customer Support Engineer promotes sales of Misumi products through Customer Support channels including email, chat, and phone, application work and special engineering related projects as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Sales:

• Promote and educate customers such as design engineers, mechanical engineers, buyers or other professional and technical personnel, on products and services to increase sales.
• Make and perform technical presentations to design engineering groups as a subject matter expert clearly and confidently.
• Provide product and design support to increase usage in customer designs.
• Work collaboratively with sales team to achieve growth goals.

Customer Support:

• Provide technical design support and education both internally and externally on products including materials, fits, tolerances, lifespans, engineering calculations, sizing, CAD models, website, and functions via phone, email, and chat.
• Handle large, custom, and competitor cross-over quoting opportunities between customers and internal departments (domestic and overseas) to capture new business.
• Ensure compliance to quality and work if needed with the customer service and procurement on quality claims.
• Maintain some product databases, website contents, and catalog product information for accuracy and changes.

Other:

Other responsibilities may include catalog review, warehouse inventory support, trade show support, and others as necessary.

All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment preferred.
• Excellent problem solving, interpersonal and conflict management skills.
• Working knowledge of 3D CAD, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint) CRM software, VB, VBA (plus).
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Highly motivated, driven, responsible, possess leadership, and results oriented.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• No physical demands.

TRAVEL

Ability to travel <10% of the time for offsite customer visits, trade shows, etc.

COMPENSATION

• Salary Range: $65,000 to $80,000 per year, based upon experience.

ABOUT FICTIV

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

We're actively seeking teammates who:

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates.

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.