Field Applications Engineer

onsemi; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

onsemi is seeking a Field Applications Engineer located in San Jose, California. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader, enabling design-in and acceleration of onsemi solutions across various markets. Responsibilities include driving customer engagement for demand creation and leading technical solution positioning.

The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for supporting customer-facing engagements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, FAE, or system design.
• Proven ability to support customer-facing technical engagements and design cycles.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Own customer technical engagement to drive demand creation, design wins, and revenue growth.
• Lead technical solution positioning aligned to focus segments.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer engineering teams.

Skills

Applications engineering

Technical engagement

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

The Field Applications Engineer (FAE) serves as a technical leader and solution architect for Americas Broad Market customers, enabling design‑in and acceleration of onsemi solutions across Industrial, Automotive, and emerging high‑growth segments (e.g., Energy Infrastructure, Robotics, Automation, and Electrification).

This role partners closely with Sales, Business Units, and Marketing to drive solution selling, funnel growth, and customer engagement at scale, supporting both focus accounts and mass‑market expansion.

Location

San Jose

Responsibilities

• Own customer technical engagement to drive demand creation, design wins, and revenue growth across Americas Broad Market accounts.
• Lead technical solution positioning aligned to focus segments, solution campaigns, customer systems, architectures, and roadmap priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer engineering teams, influencing design decisions through presentations, demos, workshops, and hands‑on engagement.
• Collaborate closely with FSE, Sales, BU, and Marketing teams to align strategy, priorities, and solution‑selling initiatives.
• Drive design‑win creation and funnel expansion through opportunity identification, qualification, and disciplined pipeline management.
• Provide voice‑of‑customer insights to influence product roadmap, NPI direction, and market‑focused solution development.
• Partner globally with engineering and product teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia to support customer needs and strategic initiatives.
• Enable distribution and channel partners through training, technical engagement, repeatable solution frameworks, and reference designs.
• Support application design, validation, troubleshooting, optimization, and issue resolution at the system level.
• Apply expertise in power, analog, and mixed‑signal applications, including power conversion, power management, MOSFET, IGBT, SiC/WBG devices, motor drives, energy systems, automation, and robotics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, FAE, or system design.
• Proven ability to support customer‑facing technical engagements and design cycles.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across global teams.

Equal Opportunity Employer onsemi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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