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Field Service Engineer

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-11-24

Instron is a global organization that designs, manufactures, sells and services mechanical testing systems. The role involves traveling to customer sites to perform verification, preventative maintenance, repair, and installation on a variety of Instron’s products, ensuring customer satisfaction and support from established service operations.


Responsibilities

  • Traveling to customer sites to perform a variety of services including verification, preventative maintenance, repair, and installation, on a wide range of Instron’s products
  • Working from home, out of the Greater Chicago, IL area
  • Providing with a company vehicle, appropriate tools/equipment, including a laptop computer, cell phone, and MI-FI device
  • Having regional responsibility for customers located within Wisconsin and Illinois
  • Occasional travel to other locations in the US may be required, as much as up to about 40% overnight travel

Skills

  • Two or four-year technical degree from an accredited university
  • Knowledge of electro-mechanical systems
  • Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret basic technical information involving mechanics and electronics associated with materials testing systems
  • Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics
  • Understanding of electrical, mechanical and electronic systems
  • Familiarity with PCs including operating systems and Windows applications
  • High level of autonomy
  • Superior organizational skills
  • Time management skills
  • Customer service skills
  • Prior field service experience
  • Automation systems experience
  • Experience performing preventative or corrective maintenance on servo hydraulic systems
  • Experience with materials testing
  • Experience delivering hands on and classroom training on topics technical in nature

Benefits

  • Health, dental, life and LTD insurance
  • 401k (with match)
  • 100% tuition reimbursement program

Company Overview

  • A leading worldwide supplier of instruments, software and services for the testing of materials and structures It is a sub-organization of Illinois Tool Works. It was founded in 1946, and is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.instron.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Instron has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2023, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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