Field Applications Engineer - Milpitas, CA

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a  Field Applications Engineer  responsible for supporting automotive customer accounts and transportation related accounts in the West coast Region. Primary responsibilities include proactively solving design challenges through creative application solutions and product recommendations. The position requires a significant amount of customer interfacing activity and demands excellent oral and written communication skills in addition to a strong technical background and experience with discrete semiconductors, analog ICs, power management devices, quartz frequency control devices, plus timing and connectivity ICs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the territory to provide customers with technical and sales support for such company products as diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, function-specific arrays, logic devices, crystals, crystal oscillators, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors, power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, motor controllers, connectivity and timing ICs, redrivers and retimers, and PCIe packet switches
• Work closely with customers to understand their system application requirements for the purpose of obtaining new sales opportunities and providing technical recommendations
• Collaborate with the company marketing and engineering groups to define new products to meet customer needs, advance the technology solutions with the customer base and support the automotive design cycle
• Prepare data and documentation for customer product presentations, conduct training sessions and demonstrating new products
• Prepare data and documentation for territory / segment presentations at quarterly business meetings
• Act in a teaching capacity with sales channels and customer design teams

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Education & Experience