Job Code - EC1043
Field Application Engineer – interconnect & cable assemblies.
– Northern, CA – Remote
Backplane, cable assemblies, wire harness, and power solutions
The interconnect business unit has an opportunity for an experienced field application engineer to support key customers in the Bay area.
The F.A.E. will serve as a technical resource for our customers’ engineers and program/platform managers by providing technical expertise, design work, product application information, and general support for strategic customers. The FAE engineer will be a significant interface between sales, engineering organizations, and our customers.
Responsibilities
• Be the initial point of contact for the customer’s local engineering group
• Function as the technical interface between the customer’s engineers and the engineering community on all existing products, as well as focus on new product development opportunities
• Actively contribute to new product development opportunities for the customer with the ability to provide conceptual design
• Interact directly with customer account(s) daily and coordinate the deliverables related to customer projects, including new products, modifications to existing products, test studies, SI modeling, and new development efforts
• Establish relationships with key customer engineering contacts and decision-makers
• Gain a solid understanding of the customer’s product set and future roadmap
• Gain a solid understanding of company products and future roadmap
• Use VOC (Voice of Customer) tools to understand the accounts’ technology, strategic direction, and electronic connectivity needs. Communicate these needs to internal teams to initiate projects
• Support a cross-functional, global team specific to the customer. The team may consist of a Program Manager, Quality Engineering, Logistics, Procurement, Operations, and Sales.
• Penetrate customers’ design cycle to be involved in the early stages of new product/platform planning
• Work closely with internal engineering teams to ensure that they are meeting the customers’ needs and be a conduit to the customer
• Represent and be an advocate for the customer.
• Support product & process qualifications
• Support existing applications and products, including tolerance analysis, application evaluation, and testing
Qualifications:
• BS degree in Engineering required (Electrical / Mechanical / Systems discipline preferred)
• At least 4 – 8 years of engineering experience of related products
• Knowledge of general manufacturing processes of stamping, molding, plating, and automated product assembly desired
• Experience in development engineering and participation in the full product development cycle
• Prefer candidates with some knowledge of electronics components, preferably in one or more of our product lines (connectors, bus bars, wire & cable)
• Computer proficiency, including 3D Design Applications
• Ability and willingness to travel as required, mainly regionally
• Ability and desire to be a remote-based employee
• Permanent Resident / US Citizen
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