Field Application Engineer, Electronics

Eaton; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 123,750 - 181,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid and unpaid time off

Job summary

A leading global technology corporation is seeking a Field Application Engineer in the Dallas/Austin, TX area. The role is remote and involves providing technical support to OEMs, primarily in the computing industry. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Compensation ranges from $123,750 to $181,500, with responsibilities including customer application support and collaboration with sales teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of field application experience in the electronics industry.
• Reside within 50 miles of Austin or Dallas, TX.
• Sound technical background in Power Management especially in computing.

Responsibilities

• Provide application support to OEMs primarily in Texas.
• Translate customer needs to technical teams for product development.
• Deliver training programs to customers and partners.

Skills

Initiative and positive

Frequent travel

Work under pressure

Mandarin proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Power Management knowledge

Job description

Eaton’s Electronics division is currently seeking a Field Application Engineer, Electronics to join its team. This role is remote and is based in the Dallas, TX or Austin, TX area. Only candidates within these locations will be considered. This exciting opportunity offers hands‑on involvement with high‑impact OEM customers and advanced power management solutions in computing and other industries. The role combines deep technical engagement, strong customer‑facing influence, and contributions to significant regional business growth.

What You’ll Do

This job is mainly to provide customer application and technical support, design assistance for ELXD full product lines in Texas mainly focus on service computing OEMs incl Dell, AMD, AWS(machine learning), HPE, HPI, Meta, IFX and TI. The job requires frequent travel to various locations, collaborate with customers for product/project designing and developing. Visiting customers together with sales to help on technical discussion regularly; Especially be able to take care of the trouble shooting for key accounts.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide application support to OEMs mainly located in Texas. Design assistance includes system analysis and proposal, product selection, layout, technical comparison, elevation drawings, configuration, etc.
• Effectively translate customer needs to commercial & R&D team to facilitate product design and specification to improve NBO successful rate.
• Deliver training programs to customers and channel partners, on product technology, including product technology, applications, regular product road map update etc.
• Gather customer feedback and provide input to product management to improve product acceptance in the marketplace and drive roadmap development.
• Work with marketing and sales teams to identify new opportunities and be a key contributor to achieve/exceed NBO pipeline target.
• Prepare technical literatures, application notes, technical sales tools, training material etc.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 5 years of field application experience in the electronics industry.
• No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of either Austin, TX or Dallas, TX. Active‑Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O‑1, E‑3, TN status, I‑485 job portability, etc.

Technical knowledge

• Sound technical background with strong application knowledge in Power Management for below Industries:
• Computing – Server & Storage (must)
• Automotive & Transportation
• Industrial segment
• Knowledge of Codes and Standards

Skills

• Initiative and positive
• Frequent travel is required
• Work under pressure
• Mandarin proficiency preferred

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The compensation range for this full‑time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $123,750 - $181,500. Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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