Technical Support Engineer
Job Summary
Samsara is seeking an experienced Technical Support Engineer to join our Tier 2 global support organization. This role focuses on resolving complex customer issues related to our IoT hardware and software solutions. You will collaborate across teams to troubleshoot technical problems, maintain documentation, and provide product feedback to Engineering and PM teams.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical customer issues
- Author and maintain knowledge base documentation
- Collaborate with Engineering to reproduce bugs
- Provide product feedback to improve customer experience
Required Skills
- 3-5 years technical support/engineering experience
- Proficiency in troubleshooting mobile applications
- Experience with CRM software (Zendesk/Salesforce)
- Strong technical communication skills
Job Details
### Role Overview
You will be responsible for providing world-class hardware and software support to our customers. As a member of our Tier 2 support team, you will resolve complex customer problems, improve support workflows, and work collaboratively with global support engineers to troubleshoot high-complexity issues.
### Responsibilities
- **Product Expertise:** Become an expert on Samsara’s product portfolio of IoT solutions combining hardware, software, and cloud to bring real-time visibility, analytics, and AI to operations.
- **Technical Troubleshooting:** Use your technical knowledge and product expertise to troubleshoot and resolve customer issues with medium to high complexity.
- **Responsiveness & Resolution:** Respond to customers and resolve their inquiries in a timely and helpful manner with a primary focus on meeting SLA goals.
- **Documentation:** Author and maintain customer-facing knowledge base articles to improve self-serviceability for end users.
- **Partnerships:** Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to reproduce bugs and build testbeds as necessary.
- **Feedback Loop:** Provide direct feedback to Support Management for product and process improvements.
### Requirements
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical), or other technical fields.
- 3–5 years of experience in support, engineering, or technical roles, including 1–2 years of demonstrated proficiency in troubleshooting mobile applications.
- Strong familiarity with using CRMs like Zendesk or Salesforce.
- Technical know-how: Comfortable interfacing with engineers, translating complex technical concepts, and working with SaaS systems.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong bias for action, ability to dive deep, and insistence on the highest standards.
- Ability to work in a hyper-growth environment with shifting priorities.
- Willingness to work holidays and weekends as needed.
### Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with industrial systems, electronics, tinkering with cars/IoT devices, or similar hands-on work.
- Experience troubleshooting APIs.
- Bilingual in Spanish or French.