Solutions Engineer

Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Location: Kennesaw, GA 31044 | Hybrid: In the office 3 days per week, working remotely 2 days

Employees: 800 | Industry: Enterprise software, supply chain, logistics, warehouses | Travel: 20%

Responsibilities

• Design automated material handling solutions for warehouse and distribution challenges
• Act as the link between customers and the software engineering teams: gather requirements, define functional specifications and support solution delivery
• Work with Sales and Software Engineering to build solutions for proposals and client presentations, and help sales walk clients through them.
• Work with the global counterparts to agree on key deliverables and critical pinch points from both the customer’s and the material handling side.
• Build clear PowerPoint presentations and explain analyses and solutions to customers and colleagues.
• Analyze data and use math to solve problems like storage location mixtures and container flow mixtures, and flag data discrepancies to customers.
• Examine order structures to find processing advantages and develop throughput projections for different material handling subsystems.
• Run ROI calculations, understand simulation techniques and explain their results.
• Read material handling layouts and create system layouts in VectorWorks.
• Produce supporting documentation for proposals and internal design work

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in logistics, warehousing, industrial engineering or a related field.
• Fundamental knowledge of warehousing and distribution logistics and its trade-offs:
• Product identification, barcoding and tracking
• Conveyor flow and capabilities
• Automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS)
• Picking technologies (voice, PTL, goods-to-person, A-frames, unit sorters)
• Picking strategies (batch, cluster, discrete)
• Common warehouse operational and inventory strategies
• Experience managing relational databases, strong analytical and math skills
• Knowledge of forklifts, order-picking equipment and performance rates
• Software skills: MS Office (especially Excel, Access, Word, Visio, PowerPoint), VectorWorks, AutoCAD or other CAD, R Studio, Matlab, SQL Server, Oracle or another relational databases

Benefits

• 401K with company match and no vesting, half day Fridays (in office), competitive health, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA, short and long-term disability, profit sharing, PTO, holidays, paid parental leave, subsidized daycare, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, subsidized food delivery, quarterly company events, and volunteer opportunities

Compensation

• $95K - $115K + Bonus