Field Application Engineer

Topgolf; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Play

Half-price food

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Mental well-being platform

Job summary

Topgolf is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to serve as a technical liaison supporting deployment, integration, and performance of our custom hardware and electronics at venues. You will work with hardware/software teams, operations, and customer engineers to ensure installations are calibrated and running smoothly in live venues.

The role includes creating quick-turn drawings, CAD models, and specifications to streamline deployments and reduce burden on core engineering teams, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics engineering.
• 3+ years of field engineering experience traveling to multiple venues.
• 3+ years installing, configuring, testing, and troubleshooting hardware on-site.
• 3+ years collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Support, PM).
• 2+ years supporting custom or low-volume electromechanical equipment in hospitality/venue environments.
• 2+ years applying root cause analysis methods (5 Why, fishbone, CAPA) to field issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to validate designs and deploy hardware at Topgolf venues.
• Serve as a conduit between product management, quality engineering, and support to feed field feedback.
• Install, configure, test, and troubleshoot hardware and system integrations on-site.
• Support end-to-end rollout from pilot validation to full venue deployment.
• Investigate field issues, identify root causes, and coordinate permanent fixes with engineering.
• Document best practices and integration workflows to aid future deployments.
• Act as SME for Topgolf's hardware stack and align engineering vision with customer execution.

Skills

Field engineering

CAD modeling

Cross-functional teamwork

On-site installation

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics

Tools

CAD tools

Job description

We are seeking a skilled and adaptable Field Applications Engineer to act as a key technical liaison between internal teams and our venue partners. In this role, you will support the deployment, integration, and performance of Topgolf’s custom hardware and electronics products, working closely with our hardware and software engineering teams, product management, quality engineering, and customer support. You will also collaborate directly with venue operations and customer engineering teams to ensure our systems are seamlessly installed, calibrated, and supported in the field.

This position also includes generating quick-turn engineering drawings, CAD models, and specifications to help streamline deployment activities and reduce load on core engineering teams—contributing both field insight and technical documentation agility. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments and is passionate about solving real-world engineering challenges in live venue settings.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams to ensure successful design validation and deployment of custom hardware solutions at Topgolf venues.
• Act as a critical conduit between product management, quality engineering, and customer support to integrate field feedback into ongoing product improvements.
• Partner directly with venue operations and customer engineering teams to install, configure, test, and troubleshoot hardware and system integrations on-site.
• Support the end-to-end rollout process—from pilot validation to full-scale venue deployment—while maintaining quality and performance expectations.
• Investigate and resolve system-level issues in field deployments, identifying root causes and working with engineering to develop permanent solutions.
• Document best practices, common field issues, and integration workflows to improve future deployments and knowledge sharing.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Topgolf’s custom hardware stack, ensuring alignment between engineering vision and customer/venue execution.

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or relevant technical field.
• 3+ years of Field engineering experience traveling to multiple locations or venues to identify needs, diagnose issues, and resolve them on-site.
• 3+ years of Installing, configuring, testing, and troubleshooting hardware and system integrations on-site alongside operations and customer engineering teams.
• 3+ years of Working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Engineering, Support, and Project Management.
• 3+ years of Combined background across hardware support, quality, and engineering (mechanical and/or electrical).
• 2+ years of supporting custom or low-volume electromechanical equipment in a multi-site hospitality, entertainment, retail, or venue-based environment.
• 2+ year of Applying structured root cause and corrective action methodologies (5 Why, fishbone, CAPA) to recurring field failures.

Benefits

Free Play & 1/2 price food! Health, dental, vision, 401(k) team member match, free mental well-being platform – and that’s just for starters for those who qualify. View team member benefits here.

ADA

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.

EEO Statement

Topgolf is a global sports and entertainment community and is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. As an affirmative action employer, Topgolf also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve.

Topgolf is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.

Topgolf Entertainment Group does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, employees or Human Resources. Topgolf will not pay fees for unsolicited agency resumes and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Topgolf Entertainment Group and will be processed accordingly without fee.

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