Careers at DP

Data Physics designs and markets high performance test and measurement solutions for applications in noise and vibration. With a 25 year history and a focus on total solutions, Data Physics is a premier supplier of vibration test systems.

At Data Physics, customers come first. We are passionate about customers, and it is their needs that drive us to innovate and invent relevant technologies for today’s and tomorrow’s world. Every Data Physics employee takes personal ownership of customer issues, with a remit to deliver exceptional performance and enthuse colleagues to do the same. Our people are exceptionally motivated and driven to succeed, whether working in close partnership with one another, or with distributors and suppliers.
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Current Openings:

Product Manager
Regional Sales Engineer
Applications Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer

Product Manager

Product Line: SignalForce Shakers

Location: San Jose, CA
Manage, develop, and implement product development activities to maximize sales of the assigned product line.

Responsibilities:
1. Product Definition and Development
• Formulate product strategy with executive management and engineering, providing marketing information, customer requirements, and competitive information.
• Conduct customer and market analysis to provide input into the product planning process. Coordinate the market research process with other team members including sales and product engineering.
• Coordinate product design with the engineering team.
• Develop and maintain product documentation in conjunction with Technical Writer.
• Contribute to pricing and promotional strategy to achieve sales objectives.
• Work with other product line managers to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

2. Competitive Positioning
• Be a champion in evangelizing and positioning the assigned product line within competition.
• Conduct market, product, and technology-oriented competitive analysis. Understand direct and indirect competition.
• Produce customer-oriented segmentation and positioning.
• Clearly articulate various differentiators and help emphasize these in the market place.

3. Market Knowledge and Development
• Serve as a business line expert on global markets including identifying current and future market needs.
• Be responsible for identifying and determining unmet/innovative market opportunities, creating or penetrating current markets, mature geographic markets, and emerging geographic markets.
• Help define and drive various activities/tactics to increase current product sales/demand generation.
• Develop sales collateral (e.g., brochures, press-releases, news articles in industry magazines, white papers) and tools, road shows, partner development and marketing programs.

4. Promotion & Support
• Understand the needs of the sales force, customers, and sales channels. Translate these needs/wants into a prioritized list of marketing requirements.
• Supervise Application Engineers and Customer Support Engineers.
• Train and enable Applications Engineers and Sales/Business Managers to use and promote the product line.
• Assist with customer presentations as needed.
• Represent Data Physics at tradeshows, customer events, and customer visits.
• Work closely with the engineering team, business development, support/training, and operations departments.

Requirements:
• The candidate should have an MBA with a Mechanical Engineering background with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
• Be creative, customer oriented with good communication and presentation skills, and experienced in the shaker industry.
• Possess a strong technical background, the capability to develop a deep understanding of the product, and the ability to apply products to different customer situations.
• Make dynamic sales presentations and generate enthusiasm in a group of people.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience + benefits
Standard benefits include PTO, Medical & Dental Insurance, 401K, etc.
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Regional Sales Engineer

Location: South-East, Central, West

Responsibilities:
As a Regional Sales Engineer you are responsible for sales and customer satisfaction of the full range of Data Physics Products in the assigned region. Your role includes identifying and qualifying sales opportunities, learning the customer’s business, creating leads through cold calling, networking etc. and demonstrating products as required.

You will manage customer contact information and activity through the Data Physics CRM system to assure a continuing high level of customer satisfaction. You will also provide technical guidance and assistance to external sales channels such as Sales Representatives in the assigned region and collect and deliver feedback to Product Marketing and Engineering on competitive offerings and changing customer demands.
You will perform sales forecasting, sales planning and other related sales administrative tasks, and your goal is to consistently achieve and exceed quarterly and annual quotas for the region. You will report to the Regional Business Manager.

Requirements:
You are expected to have sufficient technical background to develop an understanding of the full product range and the technology of the products, so you can demonstrate and apply the products to different customer applications. A good understanding of noise and vibration is required.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is customer oriented with good communication and presentation skills.

Education/Experience:
The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, and has at least 2 years experience after graduation. You may have worked as an Application Engineer, and be looking for an opportunity to expand into sales.

Applications Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:
As an Applications Engineer you will work in a team to offer superb technical support and assistance to Data Physics customers. The product range will include dynamic signal analyzers, vibration controllers and shakers. You will be responsible for pre and post sales support for your region. Your job will include customer interaction, trouble shooting, test set up and verification, demonstrations, training, both web based and in class room settings, contributing to a FAQ data base and technical writing of manuals and application notes etc.

You will manage customer contact information and activity through Data Physics CRM system to assure a continuing high level of customer satisfaction. You will be collaborating closely with Sales and Engineering to deliver customer feedback to increase product quality and customer satisfaction.

Requirements:
You are expected to have sufficient technical background to develop a deep understanding of the technology of the products, and be able to apply the products to different customer problems.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is customer oriented with good communication and presentation skills.

Education/Experience:
The candidate must have at least a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, and at least 2 years experience.

Electrical Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA

Data Physics has a challenging product development position for an electrical engineer with opportunity for growth. The candidate will work closely with a team of hardware, firmware, software and manufacturing engineers to design and produce the best DSP based signal processing systems in the world. The ideal candidate will perform digital circuit design and layout involving high-speed board level design with system level appreciation.

Responsibilities:
• Work closely with hardware/software/firmware team to define system level requirements
• Digital circuit design with FPGAs/CPLDs, DSPs, Microprocessors/Cores, A/D & D/As
• Schematic capture/netlist generation and board layout for signal processing tasks
• Component selection and Bill of material generation
• Testing and support of product through production
• Interface with manufacturing/vendors to ensure smooth transition to production
• Support and sustaining responsibilities

Requirements:
• Extensive PCB design experience preferred. Knowledge of PCB layout issues including parasitics, leakage and signal integrity
• Understanding of thermal and mechanical design of PCBs a plus
• Experience with Verilog/VHDL required
• Thorough understanding of circuit fundamentals and high-speed digital circuit design
• Experience with CE/UL agency certification preferred
• Project management experience a plus
• Effective communication skills and technical writing ability a must
• Schematic capture (Altium/Orcad)
• Altera Quartus Development Environment
• Experience with Mentor PADS or Altium PCB layout tools

Education/Experience:
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Mechanical Engineer

Location: Corona, CA

Data Physics has a challenging product development position for a mechanical development engineer with significant opportunity for growth. The candidate will work closely with a team of other development engineers, designers and manufacturing engineers to design and manufacture shakers for testing applications. The ideal candidate will perform electromagnetic, thermal and structural design and analysis to develop world-class solutions to customer needs/requirements.

Responsibilities:
• Work closely with applications/marketing to define system level requirements
• Structural/Thermal Design and analysis of key shaker components
• Creation of drawings, Bill of material generation, Component selection as needed
• Vendor selection/Development
• Testing and support of product through production
• Interface with manufacturing/vendors to ensure smooth transition to production
• Support and sustaining responsibilities

Requirements:
• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Extensive structural and thermal engineering design/analysis experience required
• Understanding of electromagnetic design/analysis a plus
• Experience with SolidWorks required
• Ability to improvise and design simple lab tests to understand complex system interactions
• Thorough understanding of solid mechanics (statics and dynamics) and thermal engineering
• Experience with electromagnetic system components (amplifiers, power supplies etc.) preferred
• Project management experience a plus
• Effective communication skills and technical writing ability a must

Education/Experience:
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience