Careers

Are you passionate about the growing sales to meet and exceed revenue quota? Then consider a career with Bourns.

Bourns, Inc. is a leading global supplier of reliable, high quality electronic components and solutions for over sixty-nine years, and we are seeking a Senior Account Manager. In this role, you will focus on an assigned territory of Los Angeles and Orange County for the sale of Bourns products. Taking ownership of the overall business development within the assigned territory to include managing local Manufacturer's Representative and Distributors to: develop existing component sales business and executive level client relationships; uncover new opportunities; develop new solutions; overall increase sales leading to profit growth. This person drives and owns short and long-term sales plans for the Region. This position reports directly to the Southwest Sales Manager. This role is based in Riverside, CA.

The successful candidate will own and possess the drive to:

• Grow Bourns sales for the assigned region to meet and exceed revenue quota. Assist customers in adopting Bourns products into their designs. Drives Design In and Design Wins at customers.
• Manages and works with local Manufacturers' Representative and Distributors to drive sales discovery and Demand Creation
• Coordinates Bourns contacts at the customers; primary interface and coordinator for all Bourns functions i.e. Field Application Engineer (FAE), Market Director (MD) and Product Line Manager (PLM) with Application Engineers (AE).
• Proactively follows up on projects and ensures CRM project status is up to date.
• Makes an optimum number of face to face sales calls to engineering, procurement and other related departments for the purpose of product presentations, pursuing information and obtaining sales orders. Acquires comprehensive knowledge of all customer personnel and products.
• Develop strategic sales and account plans based on industry trends and customer analysis. Ensure territory plans are aligned and updated quarterly. Provide monthly written report to Sales Manager on Sales Achievement, customer project status, etc
• Own local customer annual RFQ and contract negotiation in cooperation with Marketing Directors/VP, Product Line Managers (PLMs) and local Customer Service (CS) team for pricing. Maximize the award allocation to gain max actual shipments.
• Optimize ongoing logistics and supply chain topics in cooperation with PLMs, Customer Service and logistic functions.
• Supports the Product Lines and different quality functions in quality resolution mainly as communicator and sometimes a proactive driver or even owner.
• Plan and demonstrate a detailed understanding of both the customers' sector and business drivers/challenges. Understand solutions selling/challenger sales methodology and tools and apply these regularly.
• Own the set up and negotiation of an NDA or customer contract in cooperation with the contracts team or Legal and the Business Unit.
• Complies with all company policies, instructions, and directives for the fulfilment of the company objectives and for maximum profitable sales.
• Attends and participates in sales meetings, training programs, conventions, sales contests, and trade shows as directed.
• Presents a professional demeanor and image to the customer and within Bourns.
• Turns in online expense reports on time and uses funds properly.
• Performs other related duties as required. Own and achieve the assigned local or regional design, and production/purchasing sites to achieve/maximize revenue quota.

If you see yourself as the next Senior Account Manager at Bourns and you have the right experience along with the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed, multi-culture team we want to talk with you.

The ideal candidate will have the following training and experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Material Engineering from an accredited university is required, MS degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the above functions in related fields.
• Five years minimum of engineering experience including demonstrated capability to design, develop and successfully release to manufacturing products of major scope and a high degree of technical complexity.
• Ability to create and present technical presentations to customers and management. Time management and organizational skills are critical.
• Excellent verbal skills are required to clearly communicate instructions and present ideas, concepts and solutions to all levels of employees, customers and vendors.
• Excellent written skills are required to issue instructions, present ideas, concepts, and solutions to all levels of employees, customers and vendors through letters, emails, graphs, charts, reports, etc.
• Must be able to work in fast paced environment.

As a key member of the Bourns' Sales team, you will have an opportunity to grow with the company and advance based on your results, performance, and hard work. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to work in an expanding international company. To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to our Human Resources Department at BournsHR.Riv@bourns.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Are you looking to continue to grow your skills in engineering? Then consider a career with Bourns.

Bourns, Inc. is a leading global supplier of reliable, high quality electronic components and solutions for over sixty-nine years, and we are seeking an Engineer, Associate for our Industrial Market Division.

In this role, you will Perform assignments as part of a cross-functional team, with supervision.

This position reports directly to the Engineering Manager, and is based in Riverside, CA.

The successful candidate:

• As appropriate, learn CAD software, or other engineering software packages to assist Senior Engineers, and Designers prepare detailed layouts and or design criteria.
• Work with engineering and marketing to learn the specifics of sensor Product design, manufacture, and marketing.
• Assist the engineers, and test lab personnel in completing testing required for development and proof of design integrity.
• Learn to interpret test results to modify designs to overcome performance issues.
• Assist Process Engineering in process development for new products.
• Assist Engineers in the preparation of specifications, estimates, reports, needed to manage a program through development.
• Learn the methods of effective program management using ISO-9001/TS-16949 principles.
• Assist in keeping engineering records for new product introduction process.
• Assist in ongoing division programs as needed. (e.g. Lead-Free initiative)
• Perform related duties as assigned
• Other duties that support the success of the Company.

If you see yourself as the next Engineer, Associate at Bourns and you have the right experience along with the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed, multi-culture team we want to speak with you.

The ideal candidate will have the following interpersonal skills, training and experience:

• A bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent training and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the above functions.
• Prior work assignments in engineering-related activities preferred.
• Prefer AutoCAD and Pro-Engineer training a plus. Working knowledge of MS Office products.
• Familiarity with manufacturing and test equipment.

As a key member of the Bourns' Engineering team, you will have an opportunity to grow with the company and advance based on your results, performance, and hard work. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to work in an expanding international company. To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to our Human Resources Department at BournsHR.Riv@bourns.com.

Are you passionate about Information Systems technology? Then consider a career with Bourns.

Bourns, Inc. is a leading global supplier of reliable, high quality electronic components and solutions for over sixty-nine years, and we are seeking an IT Systems Administrator.

In this role, you will focus on the effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, tuning and maintenance of systems, hardware, software and related infrastructure and services. This position manages and maintains various IT infrastructure technologies and applications by providing both proactive and reactive maintenance, troubleshooting, security, administration and resolution of software and hardware issues. This role is based in Riverside, CA.

The successful candidate will own and possess the drive to:

1. Coordinate and perform individual IT assignments accurately and on time with attention to detail and quality using specific standard techniques and procedures.
2. Deploy, monitor, and manage IT network and security systems (Wired and Wireless Local Network, Global Network, SDWAN, MPLS, Firewalls, VPN, Log Correlation, IDS/IDP, etc.) and ensure their effective and proper use.
3. Deploy, monitor, and manage IT infrastructure systems and services (physical and virtual servers, storage systems, backups systems, active directory, domain services, monitoring systems, messaging and collaboration systems, network systems, etc.), while adhering to standards and operational requirements.
4. Help ensure the protection and confidentiality of Bourns information assets by implementing and maintaining information security devices and solutions in close adherence to security best practices and standards.
5. Administration and ongoing systems performance tuning of Windows and Linux servers and infrastructure applications in standalone or clustered mode.
6. Regularly review and apply software, configuration, application and management tool upgrades and patches to assure performance, stability and security.
7. Analyze, troubleshoot, repair and recover from IT infrastructure service interruptions.
8. Analyze and assess IT infrastructure architecture requirements to determine and recommend optimum cost-effective solutions and perform periodic capacity planning.
9. Create and maintain IT infrastructure procedures, inventories, diagrams and documentation.
10. Solve high level technical system problems quickly, accurately and automate processes wherever appropriate.
11. Identify, investigates and recommend improvements in products, systems and processes and conducts engineering and systems analysis and experimentation to analyze applications and explore alternatives.
12. Build and maintain strong relationships with IT colleagues, business leads, and strategic infrastructure vendors.
13. Install, manage and support enterprise level voice and collaboration systems and components.
14. Ensure ticket and project documentation is updated for all support requests and projects. Report status of tasks and projects to IT management weekly, ensuring prioritization and work coverage.
15. Document resolution of service requests in sufficient detail to provide an accurate account of actions performed, and to provide knowledge base for future similar incidents or requests.
16. Assess and report on key performance indicators of network and security infrastructure.

If you see yourself as the next IT Systems Administrator at Bourns and you have the right experience along with the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed, multi-culture team we want to speak with you.

The ideal candidate will have the following training and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Five or more years of IT systems administration experience in a corporate IT environment with evidence of increasing technical and support responsibilities. CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and Office 365.
• Working knowledge of Firewalls, MPLS, VPN, Metro-E, WAN, and SD-WAN technologies.
• Working knowledge of DHCP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, BGP protocols
• Windows Server administration, standalone and clustered
• Wired and Wireless LAN infrastructure implementation and management
• Mobile Device Management (MDM) administration
• Digital application deployment and support
• Experience with multi-factor authentication implementation and support
• Microsoft System Center Suite administration, 2012 or higher
• Practical knowledge of networking concepts.
• Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, and O365 administration
• Ability to successfully analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot technical issues.

Other skills:

• Must have knowledge and an interest in building expertise in the following technologies:
• Internet Information Server setup and configuration.
• Edge Security design and configuration
• Remote access platforms
• Collaboration solutions
• Virtualization and cloud architectures.
• Microsoft ADFS, Group Polices, Print Services.
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work in fast paced environment.

As a key member of the Bourns' IT Team, you will have an opportunity to grow with the company and advance based on your results, performance, and hard work. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to work in an expanding international company. To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to our Human Resources Department at BournsHR.Riv@bourns.com. Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran