Senior Field Application Engineer

IR Search BV; Nijmegen; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

IR Search BV in the Netherlands is seeking a (Senior) Field Application Engineer to join the sales & marketing team, applying deep technical expertise to customer engagements and helping win the AFE socket in designs.

You will be a core member of the sales team, responsible for the technical aspects of customer engagements and for supporting customers throughout the entire design-in lifecycle, from early evaluation to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 7+ years of professional experience after graduation.
• Hands-on hardware design experience at board or system level, with analog and mixed-signal circuits.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly in customer-facing settings.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Demonstrated proactiveness in identifying and advancing design opportunities and driving topics to closure.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the sales team and support customer engagements led by sales by owning the technical aspects of the interaction.
• Support customers through the full design-in lifecycle of the AFE, from early evaluation and proof-of-concept to production.
• Review customer schematics and layouts and provide clear, actionable design recommendations.
• Continuously assess and articulate the technical value of our AFE to customers by benchmarking competitive solutions and actively exploring market/customer’s pain points.
• Internal Contribution: provide structured customer feedback to support product refinement and roadmap discussions.
• Create and write application notes, reference designs, and support technical documentation.
• Help define best practices for field application engineering as the company grows.
• Help build a mature and independent field application engineering group as the company grows.
• Operate in a direct-customer model in the initial phase; distributor enablement will be introduced gradually.

Skills

Hardware design

Analog design

Board level design

Customer engagement

Startup environment

Education

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Our client is a semiconductor scale-up bringing a differentiated Analog Front End (AFE) product to market. We are looking for a (Senior) Field Application Engineer who will be a member of the sales & marketing team, contributing deep technical expertise to customer engagements and playing a key role in winning the AFE socket in customer designs.

You will be a core member of the sales team, responsible for the technical aspects of customer engagements and for supporting customers throughout the entire design-in lifecycle, from early evaluation to production.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives in a startup environment and takes responsibility for moving opportunities forward.

Core Responsibilities

• Work as part of the sales team and support customer engagements led by sales by owning the technical aspects of the interaction
• Support customers through the full design-in lifecycle of the AFE, from early evaluation and proof-of-concept to production
• Review customer schematics and layouts and provide clear, actionable design recommendations
• Continuously assess and articulate the technical value of our AFE to customers by benchmarking competitive solutions and actively exploring market/customer’s pain points
• Internal Contribution
• Provide structured customer feedback to support product refinement and roadmap discussions
• Create and write application notes, reference designs, and support technical documentation
• Help define best practices for field application engineering as the company grows
• Help build a mature and independent field application engineering group as the company grows.
• Operate in a direct-customer model in the initial phase; distributor enablement will be introduced gradually

Required Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Minimum 7+ years of professional experience after graduation
• Proven hands-on hardware design experience at board or system level, with solid experience in analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly in customer-facing settings
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving startup environment
• Demonstrated proactiveness, evidenced by concrete examples of identifying and advancing design opportunities, preparing technical viewpoints ahead of customer engagements, and driving topics to closure without waiting for explicit direction

Preferred (but not required)

• Experience with medical product design or medical-grade system requirements (e.g. safety, reliability, regulatory constraints)