Field Application Engineer (EMEA)

KD; Comunidad de Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Health insurance

Hybrid work

Flexible hours

Telework 10 hours/week

Medical insurance for employee and fam

Job summary

KD, a semiconductor supplier based in Madrid, seeks a Field Application Engineer to provide technical support for automotive and industrial projects, both remotely and on-site. You will develop schematics, evaluation boards, and product demonstrations, coordinating with R&D, marketing, and sales to ensure successful customer outcomes.

Requirements include a BSc or MSc in Telecommunication or Electronics, 5+ years in electronics, and strong knowledge of CAD tools and high-speed designs.

Qualifications

• Education: BSc or MSc in Telecommunication or Electronics or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in electronics with CAD tools experience (Altium, Spice).
• Knowledge of Ethernet PHY/switches and optical communications preferred.
• Hardware design of electronic boards including schematics and PCB layout.

Responsibilities

• Provide information and design support for automotive/industrial products, remotely or on-site.
• Create block diagrams, schematics and technical docs for project solutions.
• Design evaluation boards for client demonstrations and testing.
• Represent the company at trade fairs and trainings in coordination with marketing.
• Maintain Madrid showroom demos and update automotive marcom materials.
• Offer remote troubleshooting and document issues with R&D, engineering and sales.
• Contribute ideas for product improvements and maintain knowledge base.
• Support tests for new products and assist in training material creation.

Skills

High-speed analog design

Digital design

EMI/EMC/PDN design

English proficiency

Education

BSc or MSc in Telecommunication or Electronics

Tools

Altium

LTSpice

VNA

Oscilloscope

Job description

BSc or MSc in Electronics or equivalent degree

Contract

Full-Time Regular

Description

Semiconductor supplier KD provides innovative high-speed optical networking for harsh environments. Making gigabit communications over fiber optics a reality, KD technology supplies multi Gb/s optical links for automotive, industrial, and home networks.

Founded in 2010 in Madrid, Spain, KD offers its cost-effective technology as either ASSP or IP (Intellectual Property) integrated in SoCs (System-on-Chips).

KD has about 85 employees, we are in full expansion due to the development of innovative products in the sector and the creation of a unique factory in Spain.

As a result, we are looking for a Field Application Engineer.

Please find below the responsibilities, profile, conditions and other details of the position:

Tasks & Responsibilities

You offer comprehensive information about our products designed for automotiveor industrialapplications and provide global project and design support, eitherremoteor on-site, for automotive projects.

You create block diagrams, schematics, or any other technical documentation to assure the full understanding of project solutions and conduct product and solution tests at the in-house location (Madrid, Spain) to meet project requirements.

Youwill designevaluation boards using ourdevicesfor clients anddemonstrations.

You take part in trade fairs,externaltrainingscourses and represent the company in training courses in coordination with the marketing team.

You actively check and update the Automotive products and marcom material in the Madrid showroom to ensure successful customer demos.

Offer remotetroubleshooting fortechnicalcustomerissues via phone or email, recording these instances in the relevant applications, and reporting technical issues to Field Application colleagues, R&D, and sales departments.

Provide new product ideas, or product improvement suggestions to the marketing department.

Regularly update andmaintainour technical knowledge base documentation, integrating insights garnered from project support, encompassing use cases, ECU design, and troubleshooting tips

Supporttests fornewdeveloped products and maintain communication within other support and development departments.

Assistinthe creationof product training material and product presentations.

What You Bring

Knowledge:

Education: BSc or MScin Telecommunication or Electronics (with knowledge or experience in Telecommunication) Engineering or anyequivalenteducation,ideally experienceinwiredor opticalcommunications technologies.

Experience: A minimum of5years working within the electronics industry, engaged in tasks outlined previously, with experience in using electronics CAD tools(Altium, Spice,etc).

Know-how: Preferable knowledge in the areas of communicationsdevices,ethernet networking at PHY(and/or switches)level and/oroptical communications.

Tasks:

Hardware design of electronic boards: schematics,componentselection,simulationand PCB layout

Systems to be developed includedifferent kindsof boards for the ASICs developed in the companyforcommercial demonstration and evaluation boards.

Specification of the systems to develop and test procedures

Testing of the boards in the laboratory according to the defined procedures

Support clients in their bring-ups.

Skills:

ExperienceinEDA tools.Previousknowledge of Altium is welcomed

Experience in simulation with tools like LTSpice

Knowledge ofhigh-speedanalog and digital design, EMI/EMCand PDN design techniques

Experience with different communication protocols (Ethernet, SPI, I2C, SMI…)

Digital and analog design

Laboratory skills, including the ability to make small reworks during board bring-up/debug activity

Laboratory instruments: Multimeter, Power supply, Oscilloscope, VNA.

Interaction with the R&D team and other departments of the company.

Soft Skills: Your work approach is defined by Customerorientation, accountability, teamwork, consistency, autonomy, and a focus on achieving results.Strong communicationskills and the ability to provide clear customer messages are essential.

Others: Proficient language skill in Englishisa must(All written documentation isin English).

What We Offer

• Development and growth: we offer development and training opportunities in a fast-growing start-up company.
• Financial stability: With us you receive performance-related pay, health insurance as well as other company benefits.
• Work-life balance: A concern that is part of the company's culture. We offer the possibility of hybrid work and flexible working hours and the opportunity to work in a modern workplace in an excellent location in Madrid (Tres Cantos).
• Working together: we are a friendly team with a shared passion for technology. We focus on building personal connections through team events and networking activities between teams.
• Flexible working hours, intensive working hours on Fridays and the three summer months.
• 10 hours of telework per week.
• Free Medical insurance for the employee and discounts for family members
• Ticket Restaurant option
• Company social events.
• Training plan and development opportunities

Employment conditions:

Indefinite full-time contract.

Dynamic and collaborative work environment, with ambitious and innovative projects.

Flat hierarchies and open communication.

A very good working atmosphere with competent, motivated and friendly colleagues, open to the international level.

Salary: To be negotiated based on candidate´s experience.