Careers at Eriez

*All openings are located in Erie, Pennsylvania, unless otherwise noted.

Technical Sales Representative – Light Industry

Qualifications:

1. Four-year Degree, Bachelor of Science, Business Management, Engineering or equivalent related experience.
2. 1-2 years sales/marketing experience, preferably industrial equipment in process and packaging industries.
3. Ability to work with people at customer, representative and inside levels with little supervision.         
4. Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills including business and technical writing.   
5. Ability to handle details of equipment sales, including commercial and technical issues and work effectively under pressure.
6. Must be willing to travel (approximately 25 - 30%) as necessary.

Duties:

• Work closely with representatives and customers by phone, mail, e-mail and in person to solve application problems and handle inquiries.
• Recommend and price the appropriate equipment for the customer’s application.
• Work closely with Engineering and R&D personnel to solve application problems.
• Travel with field sales representatives, make sales calls and presentations to secure equipment orders.   
• Train customers and sales representatives on pricing and applications for Separation, Metal Detection and Vibratory Systems. 
• Entertain and act as guide during representative and customer visits, including coordinating lab tests and sales training sessions.
• Occasionally make start-up and service calls.
• Act as liaison between customers and reps in the field and various Eriez Headquarters  departments.
• Be familiar with the policies, products, pricing, etc., of the Separation, Metal Detection and Vibratory product groups and assist them as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Senior Accountant

Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Business/Accounting, required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Payroll/Accounting.
• Strong Analytical skills.
• Computer literate; proficiency with current software applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.  Working knowledge of JDE system.
• Willingness to attend additional training as required.

Responsibilities:

• Perform payroll tasks and tax filings.
• Assist in month-end closings on the general ledger.
• Reconcile independently complex G/L accounts. 
• Review and analyze Subsidiary Financial Statements.
• Assist in consolidating the Eriez Manufacturing statements.
• Work with consolidating “elimination” entries.
• Responsible for the integrity of the payroll system/software.
• Leadership role in handling Accounting issues.
• Assist in Budget development.
• Perform year-end reconciliation in accordance with the external auditor’s request.
• Train and educate staff as needed.
• Work on special projects as assigned by Accounting Manager or Controller. 
• Calculation of taxable benefits.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Lead Digital Signal Processing Engineer, Global R&D Group

Job Description:

The Lead DSP Engineer in the Global Research and Development Group will be responsible for developing sophisticated signal processing algorithms using pattern recognition, filtering, feature extraction, and other modern digital signal processing techniques. These algorithms will be used to identify metal contaminants in products inspected by commercial metal detection equipment used in the food, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries.  Analysis tools like Matlab will be used to develop new data processing algorithms.  These algorithms will then be converted to a high- level language such as C++ for use in high speed real-time applications.
 

Education and Experience:

1. Minimum of a Master of Science degree (PhD preferred) in either Computer, Electrical, or Software Engineering with a focus in Digital Signal Processing.
2. Minimum 5 years of experience in design, troubleshooting, and testing of real-time programs running digital signal processing algorithms.

Qualifications: 

1. Proficient in Matlab or similar high-level signal analysis software.
2. Willing to travel on occasion.
3. Proficient with interfacing to electronic hardware.
4. Possess the hands-on ability to collect meaningful data from prototype equipment for DSP evaluation. 
5. Possess the ability to lead a product development project from inception to completion.
6. Possess excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to support engineering, manufacturing, and sales across Eriez global subsidiaries.
7. Skills relating to GUI development, communication, sensors, and equipment integration are highly desirable.
8. Experience programming in either C, Visual C++, or C# is highly desirable.

Duties:

1. Research and develop sophisticated signal processing algorithms on data sets. 
2. Analyze data sets using tools like Matlab.
3. Convert algorithms to high level language (such as C++) and work into real-time system.
4. Optimize algorithms to extract small target signals from large noise signals for various metal detection equipment and sensors.
5. Be an integral part of a team that develops elegant signal processing solutions to difficult problems relating to new and existing industrial equipment and electronic sensors.
6. Evaluate new technologies to help expand and enhance current product offerings.
7. Develop documentation for use by engineering, sales, manufacturing, government, suppliers, and customers.
8. Responsible for archiving and deployment of software.
9. Travel to conduct field tests/start-ups on detection systems and other equipment.
10. Work with customers to help solve field equipment problems.
11. Perform other similar and related duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Technical Sales Representative - International Sales

Qualifications:

1. Four-year Degree, Bachelor of Science, Business Management, Engineering or eight years equivalent related experience.
2. 3-5 years applicable sales/marketing experience, preferably industrial equipment in process industries.  
3. Ability to work with individuals at all levels, customer, representative and internally with little supervision.         
4. Excellent communication skills including business and technical writing.  Able to handle details of equipment sales, including commercial and technical issues and work effectively under pressure.
5. Must be willing to travel, mostly internationally, as necessary (typically 30-35%, may be more from time to time)
6. Experience with personal computers, word processing and spreadsheet applications required.
7. Exceptional language skills required.  Must be highly proficient in the Spanish language, written and spoken.  Other languages a plus.
8. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and eligible to obtain any and all travel visas required. 

Job Duties:

1. Work closely with representatives and customers by phone, mail, and in person to solve problems.
2. Recommend and price the appropriate equipment for the customer’s application.
3. Work closely with Engineering and Technical Center personnel to solve application problems.
4. Travel with field representatives and make sales calls and sales presentations to get orders for all product lines in Latin America and other territories as may be assigned.
5. Train customers and new reps in pricing and applying Separation, Vibratory and Metal Detection, and Mining equipment.
6. Occasionally perform start-up and service calls.
7. Act as liaison between customers and reps in the field and various Eriez home office departments.
8. Be familiar with the policies, products, pricing, etc., of the markets served by the Company and the sales department and assist as necessary. 
9. Entertain and act as company host during representative and customer visits, including coordinating lab tests and sales training sessions. 
10. Other similar and related duties as assigned.

If you are interested in one of our open positions, please send your cover letter and resume to hr@eriez.com for consideration.