Field Application Engineer

TalentZök; Hauppauge (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentZök in Hauppauge, NY is seeking a Field Application Engineer to support sales and customer engagements with deep understanding of semiconductor products and system-level design requirements.

The role will drive design-in and design-win activities, provide technical training and presentations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams worldwide. Travel up to 50% domestically and internationally is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in applications engineering or related technical roles.
• Knowledge of discrete semiconductors and related components.
• Willingness to travel 30% to 50% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Identify and maintain relationships with key customer technical decision makers, engineers and influencers.
• Work directly with customers to understand system-level and component-level design requirements.
• Recommend appropriate semiconductor products and solutions based on customer applications.
• Provide pre- and post-sales technical support.
• Support product selection, design-in activities, and testing across boards and systems.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, quality, operations, and production teams to address design challenges.

Skills

Knowledge of discrete semiconductors

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Electronics Engineering or related field

Tools

Diodes, Rectifiers, Transistors, MOSFETs

Job description

Are you looking for a new career opportunity with an exciting company?! Then we've got the right team for you! In this role, you're responsible for the duties listed below.

Immediate opening for a Remote Field Application Engineer in who possesses:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, RF engineering, test engineering, field applications engineering, or a related technical role
• Knowledge of discrete semiconductors and related components
• Willingness to travel 30% to 50% domestically and internationally

FULL DESCRIPTION: We are seeking a Field Application Engineer to support sales and customer engagement efforts by serving as a technical resource for customers, sales representatives, distributors, and internal teams. This role is responsible for understanding customer design requirements, recommending appropriate semiconductor products and solutions, supporting pre- and post-sales technical discussions, and helping drive design activity, design wins, and long-term sales growth. The ideal candidate will have strong semiconductor product knowledge, customer-facing technical experience, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

The selected candidate will be responsible for:

• Identifying, developing, and maintaining relationships with key customer technical decision makers, engineers, and influencers
• Working directly with customers to understand system-level and component-level design requirements
• Recommending appropriate semiconductor products and solutions based on customer applications
• Providing pre- and post-sales technical support
• Supporting product selection, application guidance, component evaluation, board-level testing, and troubleshooting
• Collaborating with sales, engineering, quality, operations, and production teams to address customer design challenges and technical questions
• Communicating customer requirements back to internal engineering, quality, operations, and sales teams
• Supporting design-in and design-win activity by promoting products, tracking customer opportunities, and helping move technical opportunities through the sales cycle
• Developing and presenting customer-facing technical materials, including presentations, application notes, design guides, technical papers, product documentation, and training materials
• Providing product and application-level training to sales teams, representatives, distributors, and customers
• Representing the company at customer visits, trade shows, symposiums, and technical or industry events
• Supporting customer product qualifications, technical discussions, and application reviews
• Traveling domestically and internationally to support customer meetings, trade shows, and technical engagements
• Performing other duties as assigned

The selected candidate will also possess:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field required
• Equivalent directly related experience may be considered
• 5 to 7 years of experience in applications engineering, field applications engineering, product engineering, design engineering, or a related technical role preferred
• Knowledge of discrete semiconductors and related components required
• Experience with diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, or related components preferred
• Prior customer-facing engineering experience in a field applications, technical sales, or sales engineering role preferred
• Experience supporting design-in and design-win activity with OEMs, distributors, representatives, or strategic accounts preferred
• Familiarity with detailed customer specifications, including electrical and mechanical specifications
• Ability to perform basic electronic circuit analysis to support component selection
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience preparing and delivering technical presentations
• Experience developing technical papers, application notes, training materials, product guides, or customer‑facing technical documentation preferred
• Familiarity with failure analysis, quality investigations, corrective action support, and customer product qualifications preferred
• Experience presenting at trade shows, symposiums, technical conferences, or customer training events preferred
• Experience working with aerospace and defense customers preferred
• Ability to work onsite in Hauppauge, NY
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 30% to 50% of the time

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods while reviewing technical documentation, customer specifications, presentations, reports, and product information
• Ability to communicate by phone, email, video meeting, and in person throughout the workday
• Ability to review electrical specifications, mechanical specifications, technical data, application notes, product documentation, and computer screens for extended periods
• Ability to use hands and fingers for typing, documentation, presentations, data entry, and standard engineering or office tasks
• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, bend, reach, and move throughout office, engineering, lab, trade show, or customer site environments as needed
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally for customer meetings, trade shows, technical events, and onsite engagements
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry, or move standard office, presentation, trade show, or technical materials as needed
• Ability to work in office, engineering, lab, or customer site environments while following applicable safety procedures

Salary Range: $110,000 to $140,000/year plus 8% bonus

More information can be found at www.talentzok.com.