Field Applications Engineer

Syntiant; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

401K

EAP

Job summary

Syntiant Corp. in California is seeking an experienced Field Applications Engineer to partner with customers, sales, product and engineering.

From early product evaluation to production, you will help deploy edge AI and sensor solutions, lead demos, workshops, and training, and translate customer needs into practical designs. You will bring a solid embedded systems background, strong communication skills, and a track record of solving technical challenges across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering/physical science field.
• 8+ years in field applications or related customer-facing roles.
• Experience with product demonstrations, design-ins, and production ramps.
• Strong embedded systems background across processors, microcontrollers, sensors, or related semiconductors.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware, software, and system-level issues and explain tradeoffs clearly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical contact for customers, sales, distributors, and engineering.
• Support engagements from product discovery through design-in and production.
• Assist in evaluating, integrating, and deploying Syntiant solutions.
• Lead product demos, workshops, trainings, and reviews.
• Recommend solutions based on requirements and system constraints.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and system-level issues with customers.
• Share customer feedback with engineering, product, and business teams.
• Create technical docs, training materials, and demo content.
• Partner with sales to drive adoption and design wins.
• Drive issues to closure with ownership and follow-up.
• Travel to customer sites and events as needed.

Skills

Field applications

Embedded systems

Customer-facing communication

Technical documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Development kits

Operating systems

Job description

Summary Description

Syntiant Corp. is looking for an experienced Field Applications Engineer to be a key technical partner to customers, sales, product, and engineering teams. This role supports customers from early product evaluation through integration, launch, and production across Syntiant’s edge AI, processor, sensor, and software solutions.

The ideal candidate has strong field applications experience, a solid embedded systems background, and the ability to explain complex technical concepts in a practical, customer-friendly way. This person will help customers solve technical challenges, demonstrate Syntiant solutions, and move programs from concept to production.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technical contact for customers, sales teams, distributors, product management, and engineering.
• Support customer engagements from product discovery and evaluation through design‑in, launch, and production.
• Help customers evaluate, integrate, and deploy Syntiant’s edge AI, processor, sensor, and software solutions.
• Lead product demonstrations, technical workshops, customer training, and application reviews.
• Recommend solutions based on customer requirements, performance needs, power goals, and system constraints.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and system‑level issues with customers and internal teams.
• Share customer requirements, technical issues, and market feedback with engineering, product, and business teams.
• Create clear technical documentation, training materials, demo content, and customer‑facing resources.
• Partner with sales and business teams to support customer adoption and design wins.
• Help drive customer issues to closure with clear ownership, follow‑up, and communication.
• Travel as needed to customer sites, trade shows, sales regions, and Syntiant locations.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in field applications, applications engineering, systems engineering, embedded product support, technical product management, or a similar customer‑facing technical role.
• Strong experience supporting customer evaluations, product demonstrations, proof‑of‑concepts, design‑ins, launches, and production ramps.
• Solid embedded systems background, with experience across processors, microcontrollers, sensors, audio, connectivity, or related semiconductor technologies.
• Working knowledge of embedded software, firmware, drivers, development kits, operating systems, and customer prototype environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware, software, and system‑level issues and drive timely resolution with customers and internal teams.
• Ability to understand customer requirements, recommend practical solutions, and clearly explain technical tradeoffs.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and technical documentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally with sales, product, business, and engineering teams.
• Experience with edge AI, machine learning deployment, low‑power systems, acoustic applications, or competitive product analysis is a plus.

Benefits Summary

• Medical: Several plan options including PPO and HSA‑compatible plans from Anthem Blue Cross, most of which are 100% paid by Syntiant Corp. for you and your family.
• Dental: Company‑paid dental PPO coverage from MetLife, including coverage for Orthodontia.
• Vision: Company‑paid vision PPO coverage from MetLife / VSP.
• Life Insurance / AD&D: Company‑paid basic Life / AD&D coverage in the amount of 3x your salary (up to $1,000,000). Additional supplemental life insurance with low group rates is available for yourself and your family.
• Disability Coverage: Company‑paid Short Term and Long‑Term Disability coverage provides up to 60% income replacement protection.
• Spending and Savings Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) benefits for Health Care and Dependent Care. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for those enrolled in a qualified Medical plan.
• 401K Retirement Plan: Administered by Empower, the 401(k) plan allows you to plan for your future by investing a portion of each paycheck.
• Other Benefits: A company‑provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as access to additional voluntary benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Support, and Identity Fraud Protection.

About Syntiant

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose‑built silicon and hardware‑agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra‑low‑power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute‑efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world‑leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.syntiant.com.

Compensation

One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting base pay for this role is targeted to be between $160,000 to $195,000. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Syntiant, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.