About this role
<p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For 80 years, Murata Electronics has been a tireless innovator, committed to developing technologies that profoundly change the world around us. Our solutions are inside more state-of-the-art products than you may imagine. Additionally, we enable other global companies to turn their visions into reality – from mobile communications to computers and networking, medical devices to power solutions, smart home technologies to automotive electronics. Our past innovations drive today's technology – and our present innovations are shaping tomorrow's.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whatever the future holds, you can be sure that Murata will be a part of it.</span></span></span></p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Why Consider This Job Opportunity</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The Business Development Engineer is responsible for representing the company via technical and application support of specific products and working with sales to achieve design-in of Murata’s products. While this position is typically focused on specific products, product groups, or technology areas; the Business Development Engineer is also responsible for being able to understand and represent general technical aspects of all products marketed by the company.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Workplace Policy</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">Hybrid from San Jose, CA. </span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">What To Expect (Essential Job Responsibilities)</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Product:</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Enable design-in by providing effective technical and application support to customers.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Recognize and define opportunities for new products or when changes to existing products are required to meet changing market needs.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Manage product specification at the responsible customers in cooperation with local sales resources and product divisions.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Track competitors' activities for the purpose of developing countermeasures and strategies to increase Murata’s share.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Study and report, utilizing marketing systems tools, the latest needs, and trends in markets and at customers to ascertain the impact to Murata. Take action to establish/maintain Murata’s industry leading market position.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Promotion</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Conduct product promotion for the assigned products at the assigned customers, in cooperation with local sales resources and product divisions, to ensure life cycle matches to customer program(s) maturity.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Issue flash report notifications to sales concerning introduction of new product, process or factory change, and/or promotion status change of products.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Make good use of existing sales tools and create new tools for the assigned products as well as customers.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Facilitate easy access by related parties for use in promotion activities at customers.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Assist Manager to position Murata as the acknowledged technical leader in North America by authoring application guides and technical papers, via cooperation with Murata Product Divisions, on mainstream topics.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Provide product training by creating the material and delivering the training.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Miscellaneous Job Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Price:</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Understand the pricing strategy and profitability of the assigned products.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Assist Manager per request on price book development.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Place:</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Assist Manager in activities to recognize the total demand for the assigned products at the assigned customers for the purpose of creating strategies to develop new business to increase coverage of overall market.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Support product promotion at Distributors including suggesting stocking plans for new products, creating technical materials for use by the distributors in promotion of the products and assisting the Distribution Group in fulfillment of their distribution strategy.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Research:</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Research new market to develop new business and develop market and product road map. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Participate as required in Marketing Road Map (MRM) cross product group market research activity.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u>Account Management:</u></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Support Technical issues and Quality Control claims: support to resolve quality claims with QC department for Murata Electronics and Japan.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Provide price quotes to sales or Murata’s Quote center, for individual opportunity up to complete contract, based on product group policy. </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">What Is Required (Qualifications)</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">1-2 years of related experience. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ability to demonstrate proficiency in interpersonal skills including effective collaboration and communication skills.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Well-developed presentation skills as well as facilitation skills to work among individuals from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Strong time management skills to accomplish short and long-term assignments as well as judgment, problem-solving, and analytical skills.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">How To Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Customer-facing work experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">2+ years’ industry-related experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Financial, communication and project management skills.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Other marketing & market planning knowledge.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Previous budgetary responsibilities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">In-depth knowledge of target market industries.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Travel</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">Frequent local, domestic and infrequent international travel</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">Minimum Salary: $81,578</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">Maximum Salary: $135,215</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">We consider various factors in determining actual pay including your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to salary, this position is eligible for incentive awards based on individual and business performance as well as competitive benefits.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Perks</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Generous Paid Time Off including paid holidays and floating holidays.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">401(k) employer match on retirement planning.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Hybrid working schedule for eligible positions.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Tuition reimbursement on approved programs.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Flexible and health spending accounts.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Talent Development program.</span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Imagine the possibilities as a member of Murata's innovative global team.</span></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Be an innovator - Join Murata!</b> <br> <b> Murata offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. </b><br> <em> Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/Disabilities/Veteran</em><em>s</em></span></span></span></p>