Aspentech
Sr Principal Technical Support Engineer (Must have Advanced Process Control Exp)
Houston · Principal
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About the role
- AspenTech is an AI-powered software company helping the world's leading energy, chemical and engineering companies succeed in their digital transformation, making their operations more efficient and reducing impact on the environment.
- At AspenTech, you will be part of a global market-leading company with the goal of double-digit growth and a blue-chip customer base.
- Our goal is to continuously provide product improvements, business growth, with the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Provide loyalty-inspiring customer service that drives user engagement and sustains product usage
- Develop and/or maintain customer focused training materials for new releases and new applications in the industry
- Uncover and analyse client/prospect needs to support growth in usage, through a variety of pre-sales activities
- Collaboration with other AspenTech functions to maintain and develop business opportunities
- Function as a subject matter expert in AspenTech's pre-release software testing program to drive improved product quality
- Customer Support and Training teams are responsible for resolving customer issues, ensuring any customer experience is delivered to high quality standards and training, and working amongst cross-functional teams for the best solutions.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of chemical engineering and process control concepts, including closed-loop control systems (DCS, PID, computer-based control).
- Experience with APC/DCS interface design, implementation, and application architecture, including controller interface databases and configurations
- Solid knowledge of industrial systems and architectures, including:
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- Responsible for the escalation of customer issues and driving the resolution cross-functionally within AspenTech
- Conduct pre-sales consultations, based on relevant engineering principles and industrial processes, to identify prospects' business problems and articulate AspenTech's products as the solution.
- Coach/Mentor fellow team members to enhance their technical skills to help boost their overall contribution
- deploy AspenTech solutions in customer business environments
- execute various departmental improvement projects as needed
- author technical white papers for publication to AspenTech's web knowledgebase
- Bachelor's or master's degree in chemical engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or a closely related discipline
- Advanced degrees (master's or PhD) are a plus.
Company info
- Troubleshoot & resolve complex technical and/or engineering related problems reported by customers using AspenTech's proprietary softwares and track work in a CRM system.
- Deliver high-quality intermediate/advanced level training classes, based on the relevant principles of engineering and industrial processes, to AspenTech customers
- Develop strong relationships with customers, building an understanding of their business needs and challenges
- We offer the opportunity to make an impact, to drive innovation and to be an agent of positive change.
- We are seeking a Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer to join our Advanced Process Control software support & training team.
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