Associate Systems Engineer

**Job Description**:
**Nice to meet you**

JMP, a subsidiary of SAS, is committed to empowering scientists and engineers via our world-class family of statistical software products. For over 30 years, JMP has enabled customers to speed new drugs to market, to design better products and processes, and to figure out how to restore ecosystems. Advancements are made when brilliant people use JMP statistical discovery software to see what they’ve not seen before. If you are a problem solver, a connector, and someone who enjoys helping others, then you might just be the next person to join this dynamic, growing, and global team.

**What you’ll do**:
**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with territorial Systems Engineers and Account Executives to support cross-region JMP pre-sales activities.
- Assist in technical discovery, requirements gathering, and solution design for opportunities across multiple territories.
- Design and develop JMP Add-Ins using JMP Scripting Language (JSL) in combination with Python or R, as needed to support demos, POCs, or customer-specific use cases.
- Help prepare and conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs) and workshops aligned to customer objectives.
- Deliver standard and customized product demonstrations and presentations to communicate JMP’s value for solving statistical and manufacturing analytics challenges.
- Provide technical support to territorial SEs during high-priority or resource-constrained opportunities.
- Develops familiarity with company sales initiatives, product positioning, pricing, proposals, and models.
- Participates in product, solution and/or technical training to acquire and maintain a detailed level of product knowledge of core components of JMP offerings.
- Participate in internal enablement activities to help share knowledge, assets, and reusable tools across the SE team.
- Stay current with JMP’s product updates, market trends, and competitor technologies.
- Represent JMP at regional events, webinars, and customer workshops as needed.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.

**Additional Development Opportunities**:

- Learn how to scale your technical influence by working across countries and industries.
- Receive mentorship and structured training to build deep product and pre-sales skills.
- Develop project ownership skills while supporting diverse customer engagements.
- Develops understanding of the sales cycle and concepts of business solution selling.
- Build trusted advisor relationships with internal teams and customers alike.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**:

- Willingness to learn about an industry, market segments, or a specific area of industry.
- Strong foundation in statistical analysis, quality improvement methodologies, or process development within manufacturing, life sciences, or related technical domains.
- Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE) and process optimization tools is highly desirable.
- Hands-on experience with JMP Scripting Language (JSL) and the ability to integrate JMP with Python or R to develop custom solutions or Add-Ins.
- Exposure to analytics and statistical tools such as JMP, SAS, R, Python, Minitab, or equivalent.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical content to non-technical stakeholders.
- Interest in working across multiple markets and cultures in a regional capacity.
- Aptitude for learning new technologies and solving business problems with analytics.
- Ability to work and learn independently and as part of a team.
- Travel as business requirements dictate.

**Education**:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or another quantitative field. A Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline or additional coursework or certification in analytics or statistical software is a plus.

**Preferred Experience**:

- 2-5 years of experience in a technical, analytical, or pre-sales engineering role (e.g., analytics consulting, data analysis, process improvement, process engineering or systems engineering).
- Experience supporting or working with regional teams or customers from multiple geographies is a plus.
- Exposure to manufacturing, healthcare, semiconductor, or other technical industries is advantageous but not required.

**Diverse and Inclusive**

At SAS and JMP, it’s not about fitting into our culture - it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here. #JMP