Technical Trainer

About the CompanyPower Test®, LLC is an industry leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of dynamometers, heavy equipment testing systems and related data acquisition and control systems. For over 40 years, Power Test has provided specialized test equipment to manufacturers, rebuild facilities, and distributors in the mining, oil and gas, power generation, marine, trucking, construction, rail, and military markets in over 90 countries on six continents. Our headquarters and manufacturing operations are located in Sussex, Wisconsin with sales representatives worldwide.About the RoleThe Technical Trainer leads Power Test ACADEMY™ — the company’s strategic training function serving customers, distributors, and internal teams across Power Test’s product portfolio. This role positions ACADEMY™ as a core business capability, a competitive differentiator, and a visible brand, accountable for learner capability, program quality, enrollment growth, and long-term customer success. This is a trainer-first role with a strong marketing dimension. The Technical Trainer personally designs and delivers hands-on, experiential, performance-based learning — moving the organization beyond classroom- and PowerPoint-only instruction toward training measured by what learners can safely and confidently do. Programs are structured around defined learner personas and application streams — including Dynamometers and Hydraulics — while maintaining foundational, stream-agnostic offerings such as measurement accuracy and calibration. The role blends instructional craft, marketing and brand ownership, and technical fluency. Success requires the ability to personally instruct complex systems, the marketing instinct to position ACADEMY™ as a sought-after program, and the program discipline to scale it through curriculum architecture, instructors, and modern digital tools.ResponsibilitiesTraining Delivery & Instructional Design Personally design and deliver two-day, instructor-led, hands-on training programs using real equipment, live data, and scenario-driven labs.Structure training around defined learner personas (operators, skilled operators, specialists, engineers/leaders), tailoring depth, pace, and assessment accordingly.Develop hands-on competency demonstrations and skill validations that confirm learner readiness and safe operation.Own Power Test ACADEMY™ end-to-end — curriculum vision, course portfolio, learner experience, brand identity, success metrics, and long-term roadmap.Position and market ACADEMY™ as a sought-after program: develop messaging, visual identity, landing pages, and enrollment campaigns that drive demand from customers and distributors.Build the ACADEMY™ content presence — course catalogs, promotional video, case studies, learner testimonials, and social content — partnering with Marketing on channel execution.Plan and execute domestic and international training events and road shows, including logistics, enrollment, learner outcomes, and ROI reporting.Build and deliver internal enablement programs for Technical Support, Field Service, Sales, Application Engineers, and new hires — aligned with customer-facing ACADEMY™ content.Leverage modern instructional tools — AI-assisted documentation, video, interactive content, simulations, and LMS platforms — to scale reach without diluting quality. QualificationsEducation: Bachelor’s degree preferred in a technical, instructional design, communications, or marketing discipline — or equivalent experience. Self-taught experts, military-trained technicians, and field-earned expertise are welcome.Experience: 7+ years combining several of the following: Technical training, instructional design, or corporate education with hands-on / experiential program design.Test equipment, instrumentation, power electronics, or industrial controls — as instructor, technician, field engineer, or product specialist.Modern training tools — AI, video production, interactive content, LMS.Program ownership with revenue, enrollment, or outcome accountability.Demonstrated ability to build and scale a training function independently.Required SkillsProven experience designing and delivering hands-on, experience-based technical training (labs, scenarios, simulations) — not slide-only instruction.Demonstrated skill in live facilitation — reading learners, adjusting pace, coaching through mistakes, and creating a safe, engaging learning environment.Ability to explain complex technical systems using intuitive mental models, analogies, and real-world examples.Strong on-camera and on-stage presence; comfortable presenting to audiences ranging from shop technicians to executives, and in front of customers.Hands-on fluency with modern digital learning and content tools (AI, video production, interactive content, LMS platforms).Technical aptitude sufficient to credibly instruct complex systems — dynamometers, DAQ, instrumentation, controls, VFDs, and calibration concepts — with the willingness and ability to rapidly deepen that knowledge.Business-minded approach to training, with comfort around outcomes, adoption, enrollment growth, and program performance tracking.Familiarity with ANSI/IACET or equivalent adult-learning and continuing-education standards preferred.