Field Applications Engineer – Silicon Valley/Bay Area, CA

Diodes-Incorporated; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

PTO

Job summary

Diodes Incorporated is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to support automotive and transportation accounts on the West Coast from Milpitas, CA. You will solve design challenges with application solutions and provide product recommendations, interfacing with customers regularly.

The role requires a strong technical background in discrete semiconductors, power management, timing and connectivity ICs, plus excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with marketing and

Qualifications

• BSEE with at least 10 years of design or FAE experience.
• Automotive experience preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Deep knowledge of DCDC topologies and LDO operation.
• Experience with diodes, rectifiers, power management devices, timing and connectivity devices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the territory to provide customers with technical and sales support for company products.
• Work closely with customers to understand system application requirements for new sales opportunities and technical recommendations.
• Collaborate with marketing and engineering to define new products and support automotive design cycles.
• Prepare data and documentation for customer presentations and conduct training sessions on new products.
• Prepare data and documentation for territory/segment presentations at quarterly business meetings.
• Act in a teaching capacity with sales channels and customer design teams.

Skills

Customer interfacing

Power management knowledge

DCDC topologies

MOSFET BJT knowledge

High-speed protocols PCIe HDMI USB

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

BSEE

Tools

Oscilloscope proficiency

Lab measurement tools

Job description

Field Applications Engineer – Silicon Valley/Bay Area, CA

Regular Full-Time Milpitas, CA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 5097

Diodes Incorporated is seeking a Field Applications Engineer responsible for supporting automotive customer accounts and transportation related accounts in the West coast Region. Primary responsibilities include proactively solving design challenges through creative application solutions and product recommendations. The position requires a significant amount of customer interfacing activity and demands excellent oral and written communication skills in addition to a strong technical background and experience with discrete semiconductors, analog ICs, power management devices, quartz frequency control devices, plus timing and connectivity ICs.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in managing the territory to provide customers with technical and sales support for such company products as diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, function-specific arrays, logic devices, crystals, crystal oscillators, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors, power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, motor controllers, connectivity and timing ICs, redrivers and retimers, and PCIe packet switches
• Work closely with customers to understand their system application requirements for the purpose of obtaining new sales opportunities and providing technical recommendations
• Collaborate with Diodes’ marketing and engineering groups to define new products to meet customer needs, advance the technology solutions with the customer base and support the automotive design cycle
• Prepare data and documentation for customer product presentations, conduct training sessions and demonstrating new products
• Prepare data and documentation for territory/segment presentations at quarterly business meetings
• Act in a teaching capacity with sales channels and customer design teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to dissect technical needs and communicate product and application suggestions
• Possess deep knowledge of DCDC converter topologies and LDO operations
• Thorough understanding of how MOSFET and BJT work
• Extensive experience with diode, TVS and rectifier designs
• Proficient in high-speed interface protocols like PCIe, HDMI, DP, MIPI and USB
• BSEE required with at least 10 years of design or FAE experience
• Automotive experience (preferred)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong design and technical background
• Keen problem solving skill set
• Proactive self-starter capable of working independently with minimal supervision and high capacity to support multiple tasks with varying levels of complexity
• Ability to work as part of a team to solve complex problems
• Ability to communicate product and application suggestions to Marketing

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poor’s SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets.

We offer a competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, FSA, 401k with company match, company paid Short Term and Long Term disability and standard life insurance policy. Diodes, Inc. also provides paid time off and an employee wellness program.