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Enterprise / Principal Field Engineer
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What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve
Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.
We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.
Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
How you’ll demonstrate Ownership
The Enterprise Field Engineering team leads the technical relationship as a customer scales beyond initial implementations and deployments into broader expansion and full enterprise-wide adoption. Enterprise Field Engineers help to validate technology fit, architect and demonstrate new use cases and support deployment and operationalization as adoption expands. They are also essential in enabling our partner ecosystem, ensuring solution integrity, and elevating the Cognite experience through feedback loops to Product and Customer Enablement.
The Enterprise Field Engineering team works in close partnership with the Account Management team to grow and expand customers to enterprise scale and beyond.The Impact you bring to Cognite
Client Engagement and Solution Development
- You act as a technical liaison to key clients, establishing trusted relationships and ensuring alignment on solutions, integration architectures, and technical roadmaps to secure their willingness and confidence to scale and expand their use of Cognite Data Fusion®.
- Your close collaboration with Account Managers and Sales teams results in identified and prioritized client opportunities that drive mutual business value.
Client Education and Technical Representation
- You educate clients on Cognite Data Fusion® and related offerings, leading to successful adoption, solution integration, and value realization.
- You develop client-focused demos, reference architectures, and solution accelerators utilized by Cognite teams and customers.
- You represent Cognite in client meetings, workshops, and technical briefings to leverage your technical expertise to build client confidence.
Internal Collaboration and Product Alignment
- You act as a bridge between clients and Cognite’s Product organization, translating client feedback and needs into clear, actionable product requirements.
- You ensure client-integrated solutions are technically feasible, scalable, and aligned with Cognite’s broader product strategy.
- You provide continuous technical feedback and market insights from client interactions to inform product development and enhance competitive positioning.
Sales and Field Engineering Enablement
- You partner with field engineering and sales teams to provide technical support on client opportunities, including technical account strategy, solution architecture, and use-case development.
- You serve as a technical escalation point for complex client engagements, offering guidance and assistance to the broader sales organization.
- You organize and manage client workshops and technical meetings, ensuring high-quality execution and alignment with client objectives.
Technical Leadership and Best Practices
- You develop and promote best practices, frameworks, and reference architectures to strengthen Cognite’s position as a leader in client-focused industrial solutions.
- You mentor other Field Engineers, sharing technical expertise and best practices related to client engagement and solution development.
- You share insights and learnings from client interactions to enhance team effectiveness and responsiveness to market demands.
Required qualifications
- Extensive experience (5+ years) in solution architecture, field engineering, or technical presales/postsales roles, ideally in enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, or industrial software.
- Hands-on in Python, as well as good hands-on expertise with software development best practices.
- Strong client-facing skills, with experience building trusted relationships with technology partners, enterprise clients, and internal stakeholders to co-create solutions and drive joint opportunities.
- Expertise in industrial data, OT/IT convergence, and data integration patterns, with the ability to design scalable architectures that connect operational and enterprise systems.
- Good understanding of data platforms, APIs, and integration methods, including data pipelines, storage, security, and governance — particularly in cloud and hybrid environments.
Preferred qualifications
- Education or practical experience relevant to our key industry focus areas. (E.g. petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, control system engineering, process engineering, etc.)
- Knowledge of services and architectures provided by hyper scalers such as Azure, AWS and GCP.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical validations and solution accelerators that showcase the value of complex integrated solutions to partners and customers.
- Experience working closely with product and engineering teams, providing field feedback to shape product development and align solutions with customer and partner needs.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value for diverse audiences including executives, partners, and technical teams.
- Impact 2025
- Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot
- We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.
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Product Quality Engineer
Summary
Location: Chicago, IL
Compensation: Competitive salary and equity
Benefits include: Family Health, Dental, Vision; Flexible PTO, FSA Benefits, 401K Savings Plan, Paid Parental Leave, Long-term Disability Insurance
Reports to: Quality Director
The Company
Numat is a global leader in the field of precision chemistries. Numat’s solutions are changing the way industries around the world capture and separate hazardous chemicals that negatively impact human health and the environment.
Numat has been at the forefront of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) research and production for over a decade, and is the first company to successfully commercialize MOFs. The company’s world-class platform integrates MOFs into existing products and processes, merging chemistry innovation with manufacturing at industrial scale.
Through bold and transformative chemistry, Numat helps its global customers and partners make meaningful progress toward their net zero and innovation objectives. Be a part of something bigger, join our team.
Position Overview
The Product Quality Engineer supports the Manufacturing, Quality and R&D Organizations using robust analytical test methods to enable the characterization and quality control testing of existing and new materials. This individual will work closely with multiple functional groups to meet business needs. This includes running analyses, performing routine instrument maintenance, documenting results, and instrument performance.
Responsibilities
You will work on a varied set of instrumentation/projects and have a diverse set of responsibilities including:
- Execute analytical test methods for testing materials on a range of standard instrumentation and in-house built measurement systems.
- Prepare and analyze materials according to documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Provide process development and quality support with fast turnaround to enable material manufacturing
- Review data to ensure completeness
- Report sample analysis within Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for internal customers
- Learn analytical techniques and methods to expand characterization knowledge and capabilities including on-the job training, training courses and online materials
- Reduce variation in metrology equipment (improve process capability) to ensure consistent product quality.
- Provide guidance being a subject matter expert on analytical instruments
- Support special projects; write and review SOPs. Ensure analyses are performed as outlined in the procedures
- Participate in repeatability and reproducibility (Gage R&R) and measurement system analysis for the various analytical equipment and methods
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on analytical instruments to ensure proper working condition and quality data.
- Calibrate instruments using reference materials and defined procedures
- Maintain analytical instruments and equipment for testing activities
- Troubleshoot sample preparation or instrumental problems to determine cause and resolution of operational issues
- Report on the status of equipment and instrumentation regularly to Quality and Production.
- Document detailed calibration and maintenance records
- Maintain instrumental and laboratory supplies
- Create instrument and troubleshooting guides
- Contribute to work process improvements to enhance data quality and workflow efficiency.
- Observe and comply with company health, safety, and quality policies
- Maintain and continuously improve analytical processes and workflows
- Communicate with all team members to promote a positive culture within the laboratory
- Work with multiple functional groups to meet business needs
- Remain flexible and adapt to variety on the job (e.g., effectively handling unexpected situations and changing priorities)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or chemistry or related scientific field with a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience and knowledge of physical/chemical properties. A Master’s degree in engineering , chemistry or Analytical Chemistry is preferred.
- Experience using a variety of analytical equipment is desirable. Gas Adsorption, Microscopy, Physical, mechanical and/or chemical Property Analysis, and/or X-ray experience, Tensile strength instruments and testing of fabrics are beneficial
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite,. Familiarity with Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS) is helpful
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability and attention to detail
- Knowledge of statistical methods for data analysis using JMP or Minitab
- Able to manage multiple assignments and varying tasks simultaneously
- Familiarity with quality control and assurance principles is favorable
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with internal customers
- A strong team player, able to interact and cooperate with the R&D, Operations,
- Quality and Business teams
- Ability to walk or stand for prolonged periods; ability to bend, stoop, reach and lift up to 50 pounds
- Perform other duties as assigned by leadership
Work Authorization
This position is not eligible for immigration support now or in the future (including filing employment-based visa petitions or permanent residence sponsorship).
NOTE: **NO AGENCIES**
Numat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or an unfavorable discharge from military service. We at Numat are committed to compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Illinois Human Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
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