Monroe Consulting Group, an Executive Recruitment firm is partnering with an organisation in the Industrial sector to hire a Regional Product Support Engineer - Network and Systems. This opportunity is based in Klang, Malaysia.
Position Overview
This role is responsible for providing advanced, escalation-level technical support across farm management and network systems, ensuring reliable deployment, compliance, and continuous improvement of engineering solutions.
It plays a critical part in strengthening regional technical standards and driving product reliability across country operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Resolve complex hardware, software, connectivity, and system-level issues escalated by country Service teams.
- Troubleshoot advanced farm network setups (LAN, Wi-Fi, gateways, routers, long range links, interference).
- Lead root cause investigations and coordinate corrective actions with Global/Asia Engineering and suppliers.
- Support key deployments, pilots, and go-live validation when engineering-level expertise is required.
- Ensure new systems are installed, configured, and commissioned according to engineering requirements.
- Validate installations performed by country Service teams and correct technical gaps where needed.
- Ensure stable, secure communication between on-farm devices, gateways, and cloud platforms.
- Oversee system testing, performance verification, and technical acceptance at critical sites.
- Develop and maintain regional standards for installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and network design.
- Train and guide country Service teams to ensure consistent implementation of standards.
- Conduct technical audits and reviews to verify compliance and identify areas for improvement.
- Maintain engineering documentation, procedures, checklists, and training materials.
- Support Sales and quotation teams with technical feasibility assessments and solution design, especially for non-standard or custom configurations.
- Recommend system architectures, network designs, and equipment configurations tailored to unique farm layouts or operational needs.
- Ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, deployable, and aligned with long-term system reliability.
- Clarify technical assumptions and engineering scope for Sales during pre-sales and proposal development.
- Gather structured feedback from farmers, country Service teams, and Sales to identify product issues or enhancement opportunities.
- Participate in testing and validating new firmware, software, or hardware updates before regional roll out.
- Share recurring issues and regional technical insights with Global/Asia Engineering and suppliers.
- Facilitate cross-country knowledge transfer and best practice sharing.
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience in technical support, system integration, or product engineering roles.
- Experience with agricultural technology, industrial automation, or IoT systems preferred.
- Regional or multi-country support experience is an advantage.
Technical / Functional Expertise
- Strong expertise in troubleshooting complex hardware-software systems and IoT devices.
- Proficiency in farm network infrastructure, including LAN, Wi-Fi, routers, switches, gateways, and connectivity optimisation.
- Ability to design and validate network architecture for large or challenging farm environments.
- Hands-on experience with sensors, controllers, gateways, and farm management platforms.
- Understanding of cloud-based systems, data communication, and device-to-cloud integration.
- Experience supporting farm management systems and network deployments.
- Ability to conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
- Experience with system installation, configuration, commissioning, testing, and performance verification.
- Capability to develop and maintain technical standards, procedures, and engineering documentation.
- Experience supporting pre-sales activities, technical feasibility assessments, and solution design.
Soft Skills & Leadership Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex technical issues.
- Ability to train, guide, and support country Service teams across multiple locations.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to facilitate knowledge sharing and promote technical best practices across the region.
- Willingness to travel to farms and country offices for support, audits, and training.
- Ability to work in challenging field environments and adapt solutions to real farm conditions.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities across regional operations.
- Carry out any other duties as and when instructed by Management.