Japanese Bilingual Field Application Engineer

Top-Us; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Top-Us is seeking a Japanese Bilingual Field Application Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. The role focuses on presenting detailed technical products, supporting design-ins, and collaborating with engineering, sales, and marketing through product lifecycles.

The successful candidate will possess deep knowledge of semiconductor device processing, device physics, and strong communication skills to interact with customers and internal teams. Travel 5–6 times yearly is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of semiconductor device processing and core electrical engineering concepts.
• Magnetic device design, process and characterization including sensor modeling and front/back-end processes.
• Prior customer engagement experiences with ability to present technically to customers concisely.
• Fluent in English and Japanese for technical engagements with counterparts.
• Ability to travel internationally about 5–6 times per year.

Responsibilities

• Present detailed technical product presentations to customer engineers to drive design-in.
• Demonstrate deep technical strengths in magnetic semiconductor device physics.
• Communicate effectively with engineers and technologists.
• Provide technical support with engineering, sales and marketing through product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with customers during design phase to understand requirements for development teams.
• Support validation processes with development teams.
• Participate in internal and external design reviews for new products.
• Assist with factory audits and customer visits internationally.

Skills

Semiconductor physics

Electrical engineering

Technical presentations

Customer engagement

English-Japanese bilingual

Travel internationally

Tools

SEM/EDX

OBIRCH

FT-IR spectroscopy

Job description

Job Details

Japanese Bilingual Filed Application Engineer

Position: Japanese Bilingual Field Application Engineer

Industry: Semiconductor manufacruging

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Salary: $140K~$180K

Status: Full Time/Direct Hiring

Work Style: Onsite

Ref #: 33414

Responsibilities

• Present detailed technical product presentations to key customer engineers at different level in multiple meetings, working toward design-in products
• Deep technical strengths in device physics of magnetic semiconductor components
• Strong communication skills; should find it enjoyable working with engineers and technology
• Work closely with colleagues in engineering, sales and marketing teams to provide technical support during all stages of the product life cycle
• Work closely with customers during the design phase, understanding the full scope of the customers’ requirements to help guide the development teams
• Work closely with the development teams to assist in the validation process
• Participate in new product design reviews both internally and externally
• Participate in supporting factory audits and customer visits internationally

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of semiconductor device processing and core electrical engineering concepts
• Technical background and knowledge of:
• Magnetic device design, process and characterization: Magnetic sensor design and modeling; Si or compound semiconductor front and back-end process technology; device characterizations such as sensitivity, linearity, temperature and noise characterization
• Prior customer engagement experiences with ability to make detailed technical presentations in concise and timely manner to customers
• Fluent in both English and Japanese (written/oral) for technical engagements with our Japanese counterparts
• Ability to travel internationally as much at 5~6x/year to accommodate customer visits and factory audits
• Preferred Requirements/Skills:
• Experience in failure analyses and reliability of device physics
• Failure analysis equipment knowledges such as SEM/EDX, OBIRCH, FT-IR spectroscopy
• Ability to highlight technical gaps between customer requests and internal capabilities in resolving issues