Field Application Sales Engineer

MissionHires; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Relocation assistance

Job summary

MissionHires seeks a Field Application/Sales Engineer to drive embedded computing, FPGA/DSP, RF, and signal-processing solutions for aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. This fully remote, customer-facing role partners with regional sales managers and engineering teams to design and implement winning solutions.

You will capture customer requirements, present technical capabilities, and support pre-sales activities from discovery through implementation, with travel about half the time

Qualifications

• 3+ years in field applications engineering or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience with embedded computing hardware/software integration.
• Willingness to travel 50%+ for regional visits.

Responsibilities

• Support customer engagements and drive technically sound solution recommendations.
• Gather, clarify, and document customer requirements for embedded computing, FPGA/DSP, RF, and signal-processing applications.
• Translate customer needs into technical requirements, product recommendations, and solutions.
• Present product capabilities, roadmaps, demonstrations, and application information to customers and prospects.
• Act as the technical bridge between customers, sales teams, and internal engineering organizations.
• Provide pre-sales technical support throughout the sales cycle and assist with proposals.
• Travel regularly for customer visits and multi-day trips.

Skills

Embedded systems

Technical sales

Customer-facing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FPGA/DSP hardware

RF technologies

Job description

Join a technology leader delivering advanced embedded computing, FPGA/DSP, RF, and signal-processing solutions for demanding aerospace, defense, and industrial applications. As a Field Application/Sales Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical partner to customers and regional sales managers, guiding engagements from requirements discovery and pre-sales solution design through implementation and ongoing support. This fully remote, customer-facing role requires frequent regional travel and offers the opportunity to work with mission-critical open-architecture computing technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with regional sales managers to support customer engagements and drive technically sound solution recommendations.
• Gather, clarify, and document customer requirements for complex embedded computing, FPGA/DSP, RF, and signal-processing applications.
• Translate customer needs into technical requirements, product recommendations, and application-focused solutions.
• Present product capabilities, technical roadmaps, demonstrations, and application information to customers and prospects.
• Act as the primary technical bridge between customers, sales teams, and internal engineering organizations.
• Provide pre-sales technical support throughout the sales cycle, including solution positioning, technical discussions, and proposal support.
• Support customers through implementation and provide ongoing technical assistance as needed.
• Help customers select appropriate solutions for aerospace, defense, industrial, and other mission-critical environments.
• Maintain strong customer relationships by taking ownership of technical challenges and delivering responsive, customer-focused support.
• Travel regularly throughout the assigned territory for customer visits, including overnight and multi-day trips.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in field applications engineering, technical sales engineering, systems engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Strong understanding of hardware and software integration in embedded computing systems.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA/DSP-based embedded hardware.
• Strong understanding of RF and analog technologies.
• Experience gathering customer requirements and translating them into technical requirements, product recommendations, or solution designs.
• Experience providing technical sales support and collaborating effectively with sales managers or account teams.
• Ability to present technical products, capabilities, roadmaps, and solutions to customers.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Customer-focused, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Ability and willingness to travel 50% or more, often approximately two weeks per month, including overnight and multi-day customer visits.
• Experience supporting aerospace and defense customers is preferred.
• Familiarity with open-architecture computing platforms and standards such as VPX/OpenVPX, SOSA, MOSA, PCIe, and GPU/graphics computing is preferred.

Benefits:

• Competitive annual salary of $130,000 to $165,000.
• Fully remote role supporting a regional customer territory.
• Relocation assistance.
• Opportunity to work with advanced embedded computing, FPGA/DSP, RF, and signal-processing technologies.
• Exposure to a broad portfolio of mission-critical aerospace, defense, and industrial solutions.
• Collaborative environment with experienced engineering and sales teams.
• Opportunity to contribute ideas, take ownership of technical challenges, and support continued business growth.