Look no further than Network Instruments. We are looking for candidates with the passion, expertise, and vision for creating, supporting, marketing, and selling innovative network analysis products and technologies across the globe. Network Instruments provides a casual work environment with a full suite of company and employee benefits.
Inside Sales Representative
JOB NUMBER: BC010
DEPARTMENT: Sales
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
Network Instruments is currently seeking an Inside Sales Representative to introduce and sell selected Network Instruments’ products to the SMB market and work to coordinate activities with the outside sales team. The primary duty involves tracking and following up on the leads that the organization generates based on web marketing.
Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Meet or exceed monthly or annual targets
- Identify decision makers amongst the targeted leads in order to start the sales process
- Understand how to utilize internet resources such as LinkedIn, Manta, Hoovers, etc, to fill in additional information on leads such as phone number, address, and role within the organization, etc.
- Maintain and expand the database of prospects of the organization and documenting appropriately in company’s CRM package
Coordinate effective product demos for end-users customers as well as for resellers
- Emphasize service or product features and benefits, discussing appropriate credit terms, and quoting prices
- Handle the needs (ie. quotes, calls, etc) of Territory Managers and customers within the U.S. and Canada
- Create and deliver qualified opportunities to Territory Managers where appropriate
- Work closely with internal team members and external sales and service teams to ensure high customer satisfaction
- Cooperate with sales supervisor to determine essential strategic approaches for sales
- Handle changes in sales orders and communicate these changes with appropriate departments
- Capture accurate and complete information in Salesforce.
REQUIRED SKILLS, EDUCATION, OR EXPERIENCE:
- Must have network and infrastructure knowledge
- Able to work in a fast-paced, self-directed environment
- Excellent telephone skills, an enthusiastic, positive personality that can be felt over the phone
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with Salesforce a plus
- College degree preferred
- Relevant training in Inside Sales / Telemarketing
- Minimum five years experience
For this position, please e-mail careers@networkinstruments.com. Be sure to reference the job number.
Technical Support
JOB NUMBER: BP001
DEPARTMENT: Tech Support
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
Network Instruments is currently seeking candidates with excellent verbal, written and computer skills to join our Technical Support team. Our technical support department focuses on providing high quality support to our customer base via telephone, email and our user forums. We provide network analysis tools, both hardware and software, to network professionals for base lining and troubleshooting.
Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Windows XP/2003/Vista setup and operations
- Knowledge of networking and TCP/IP
- Self motivated, quick learner
- Ability to work well on your own without much direction
Optional:
- Experience using automated testing software
- Hardware performance and stability testing
- Software development
Network Instruments offers a casual and friendly environment to increase and grow your knowledge base of networks ranging from Ethernet to WAN, along with exciting technologies such as VoIP and RAID storage systems.
We offer competitive pay, paid vacation, medical & dental benefits.
For this position, please e-mail jobsts@netinst.com. Be sure to reference the job number.
Software Engineer
JOB NUMBER: RO001
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
PERCENT OF TRAVEL: NA
Network Instruments is seeking talented software engineers that will assist in the development of network protocol analysis and network management software systems.
The individual must be able to demonstrate:
- Bachelor of Science Degree
- 5+ years C and C++ programming experience in MS Windows
- MFC and GUI expertise
For this position, please e-mail careers@networkinstruments.com. Be sure to reference the job number.
Electrical Engineer
JOB NUMBER: RC003
Department: Engineering
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
PERCENT OF TRAVEL: NA
Network Instruments LLC is looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer with 5+ years of implementing high speed FPGA design using VHDL and designing high-speed electronic circuits.
Job responsibilities:
- Bring cutting edge high-speed FPGA designs from specification to final production
- Define and research components for use in design
- Schematic entry and management using Orcad
- Work with PCB layout designers for layout and checking the board files for correctness
- Bring final design through regulatory testing
The individual must be able to demonstrate the following skills:
- Advanced knowledge of VHDL design and verification
- High speed digital and analog circuit design and troubleshooting
Optional experience:
- Ethernet/Fibre Channel experience
- Embedded C/C++ code or PIC experience
- RF Receiver experience
- DSP experience
Tools:
For this position, please e-mail careers@networkinstruments.com. Be sure to reference the job number.
Assembly Technician
JOB NUMBER: RC004
Department: Engineering
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
PERCENT OF TRAVEL: NA
Network Instruments is seeking PC-based assembly and technical support person to handle:
- PC hardware assembly
- Software and hardware testing
- Support for our PC hardware based product lines
Required experience:
- 2+ years PC or similar hardware or electronics assembly experience
- Windows 2000/XP setup and operation
- Knowledge of networking and TCP/IP
For this position, please e-mail careers@networkinstruments.com. Be sure to reference the job number.
Technical Sales Engineer Central & Eastern Europe
JOB NUMBER: AM001
DEPARTMENT:Sales
JOB LOCATION: based in Germany, from home office (alternatively an office will be provided)
Responsibilities:
- supporting the Sales Manager in the sales process
- reviewing clients networks and needs to design solutions
- conducting presentations on product benefits and technical attributes to a variety of audiences
- product installations and trainings
Candidates must meet the following criteria:
- minimum four years technical experience in networks
- taking responsibilities and self-motivated
- ability to communicate with technical professionals
- desire to learn a very technical product and travel for trainings to UK and USA
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of IP networking is critical
- Must be able to work as part of team and be willing to travel – including internationally
The following would be extremely advantageous
- Cisco Network Qualifications or similar
- Experience of Network Management and/or Protocol Analysis
Language skills:
Please e-mail your cover letter and resume/CVs to Ales Mahler. Be sure to reference the job number in the subject line.
Marketing Communications Manager
JOB NUMBER: VV007
DEPARTMENT: Marketing Communications
JOB LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN (Minnetonka)
The Marketing Communications department is actively seeking a Marketing Communications Manager. We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, and driven individual to help further shape and develop our overall branding and communications. This person’s responsibilities include but are not be limited to:
- Create content for online and print mediums
- Manage multi-faceted e-mail communication campaigns
- Manage designers and writers to develop branding and communications materials
- Plan and manage trade shows, roadshows, and events from the marketing side
- Purchase and manage online advertising campaigns
- Support sales channel with marketing and sales collateral
- Work closely with the partner channel to produce marketing activities
- Manage Google adwords campaign, assist with SEO optimization
- Review, edit, and provide feedback on other projects as necessary
Required qualifications:
- 4-year degree in Journalism, Strategic Communications, Marketing, Advertising
- Excellent project and traffic management skills
- A keen eye for design to successfully collaborate with designers and writers
- Ability to think creatively and analytically
- Strong writing and editing capabilities
- Minimum of 5 years work-related experience
- Ability to work closely with designers and writers
- Ability to pitch and lead projects from concept to completion
- Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects
- Experience with search advertising (Google AdWords)
- Knowledge of Search Engine Optimization
- Experience with managing others
- Enthusiasm and a team-focused approach
Desired experience:
- Minimum of 5 years work-related experience for a technology or engineering company
- Comfortable presenting to groups
- Experience with ad budgeting, buys, and placement
- Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM package
- Understanding of communications and networking technology
Please send resume and cover letter to: careers@networkinstruments.com
