Field Application Engineer

Gyga Force; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total compensation $160K–$280K

Bonus program

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life

401(k) program

PTO and Paid Holidays

Opportunity to work on AI/datacenter"

Job summary

Gyga Force, based in Milpitas, California, seeks a highly technical, customer-facing engineer to support strategic accounts across AI servers, GPU platforms, networking systems, and datacenter infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will combine a strong EE/ME foundation with customer-facing technical support, design-in, and technical sales experience, including background in high-speed interconnects and signal integrity. Travel up to 20–25% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in applications engineering, product development, or customer-facing technical roles.
• Background in high-speed interconnects, signal integrity, datacenter infrastructure, or enterprise hardware.
• Experience supporting design-in activities and technical discussions with customers.
• Ability to analyze technical issues and work across multiple engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and internal engineering teams for high-speed interconnect solutions.
• Support design-in activities for connectors, cable assemblies, and AI/datacenter interconnect architectures.
• Work with customer engineering teams to identify opportunities and drive new design wins.
• Provide system-level technical support involving high-speed connectivity, signal integrity, server platforms, networking systems, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Assist with validation, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.

Skills

High-speed interconnects

Signal integrity

Customer-facing

Design-in support

AI infrastructure knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD tools

SI analysis tools

Lab equipment

Job description

Our client, a global leader in high-performance interconnect solutions that is continuing to expand its presence within AI infrastructure, enterprise server, cloud, and networking markets.

This position focuses heavily on high-speed connector and cable solutions supporting next-generation AI servers, GPU platforms, networking systems, and datacenter infrastructure. The company is seeking a highly technical and customer-facing engineer capable of supporting strategic accounts throughout the Bay Area, including some of the world’s leading technology companies.

The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical or mechanical engineering foundation combined with customer-facing technical support, applications engineering, design-in support, or technical sales experience. Individuals with backgrounds in high-speed interconnects, signal integrity, enterprise servers, networking hardware, or AI/datacenter infrastructure are especially encouraged to apply.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and internal engineering teams for high-speed interconnect solutions.
• Support design-in activities for connectors, cable assemblies, and next-generation AI/datacenter interconnect architectures.
• Work directly with customer engineering teams to identify technical opportunities and drive new design wins.
• Provide system-level technical support involving high-speed connectivity, signal integrity, server platforms, networking systems, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Support validation, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution related to customer hardware implementations.
• Coordinate closely with global engineering, manufacturing, product management, and sales teams to support customer programs.
• Participate in technical presentations, customer meetings, roadmap discussions, and product demonstrations.
• Assist customers with product integration, qualification, and performance optimization activities.
• Support ongoing NPI, sustaining engineering, and customer development programs.
• Travel up to 20–25% as needed, including occasional international travel.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar.
• 5+ years of engineering experience, including experience in application engineering, product development, customer support, systems engineering, field engineering, or related technical roles.
• Background in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, signal integrity, power delivery, interconnect technologies, datacenter infrastructure, networking systems, server platforms, or related areas.
• Basic understanding of server, networking, datacom, AI infrastructure, or related hardware ecosystems.
• Experience supporting customer-facing engineering activities and technical discussions.
• Ability to analyze technical issues, support product integration, and work across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, sales teams, product management, engineering, and manufacturing organizations.
• Experience working with global teams across multiple time zones.
• Team-oriented with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of customer requirements, market needs, and competitive technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
• Experience as a Field Applications Engineer (FAE), Applications Engineer (AE), Systems Engineer, Product Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience with connectors, cable assemblies, interconnect products, power solutions, thermal solutions, datacenter hardware, networking equipment, servers, storage systems, or related technologies.
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale datacenters, OEM/ODM environments, or enterprise networking.
• Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI), product qualification, manufacturing ramp, yield improvement, or customer launch activities.
• Experience with mechanical CAD tools, SI analysis tools, lab equipment, validation, debugging, or product qualification activities.
• Mandarin language skills and/or experience working closely with Asia-based engineering and manufacturing organizations are helpful but not required.

INCENTIVES & BENEFITS

• $160K – $280K Total Compensation Package
• Bonus Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) Program
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• Opportunity to support cutting-edge AI and datacenter infrastructure programs