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Overview:

The Global Technical Services team is seeking a motivated, diligent, Technical Engineer/Specialist to support the PlayStation after-sales repair services activities.

This position is suitable for a technical person with good communication, time-management, and organisation skills. The individual must hold BSc in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, have experience with Consumer Electronic hardware, and ideally have some experience within a repair service centre or electronic manufacturing/development environment.

Responsible for supporting a network of service centres partners in North America & LATAM, the successful candidate will provide technical support, manage development projects, drive process improvement and work closely with technical team located in Japan (HQ) on new model/product introduction and new diagnostic tools and equipment.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Continuous technical support on all diagnostic tools, equipment & processes.

  • Cooperation with HQ Technical Team in solving technical and quality issues reported in the field.

  • Distribution & management of technical equipment (hardware and software) to service partners, ensuring that this activity follows Company security policy.

  • Provide guidance and support for new product introduction and launch.

  • Support implementation of new operational set up and maintenance of repair processes.

  • Review and distribute technical requirements to service centres and ensure compliance.

  • Support users of internal custom applications and assist troubleshooting.

  • Deliver training on new models, new equipment or techniques to our service centres when required.

  • Drive process improvement initiatives with our service partners and achieve critical metric targets.

  • Develop algorithms to determine and predict fault types by analysing product internal events using SQL queries (basic data analysis understanding is required).

  • Collaborate with multi-functional teams: work closely with other teams such as service centres, Engineering, Parts management, and Product planning teams to understand their data requirements and provide data support for their projects.

  • Undertake product return fault analysis to establish limitations in our hardware repair processes.

  • Work on service centre efficiencies such as production flow, assembly (electrical/electronic & mechanical) and test (full system testing, analysis & fault finding).

  • Prepare material for technical meetings and follow up on items.

What we’re looking for:

  • BSc in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, and/or professional experience within Consumer Electronic hardware, and ideally have some experience within a repair service centre or electronic manufacturing/development environment

  • Must possess a good understanding of electronics equipment & tools.

  • Technical mind-set and enjoy solving technical problems.

  • Good understanding of software installation/configuration and interpreting error logs for troubleshooting purposes.

  • Be confident, driven, and proactive with the ability to prioritise work & deliver to deadlines.

  • Be motivated to work under own initiative and as part of a team.

  • Be able to work in a fast and efficient manner.

  • Be able to produce high quality work with great attention to detail.

  • Have an open mind, being flexible and keen to learn new methods outside area of expertise.

  • Have an appreciation of data analysis and able to determine trends.

  • Ability to speak additional languages - Spanish is desirable

Benefits:

  • Discretionary bonus opportunity

  • Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Dental Scheme

  • 25 days holiday per year

  • On Site Gym

  • Subsidised Café

  • Free soft drinks

  • On site bar

  • Access to cycle garage and showers

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