Production Solutions Software - Technical Pre/Post-Sales Engineer

advantestcareers; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantest seeks a seasoned engineer in San Jose to become a strategic partner for customers, providing technical leadership across pre-sales, demos and deployment. You will translate Advantest capabilities into customer value, lead cross-functional teams through requirements, solution design, code development and on-site integration.

You'll collaborate with global R&D, Services Sales and local account teams, share product knowledge, and support installation, upgrades and troubleshooting of

Qualifications

• BS Electrical Engineering or BS Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of experience in engineering or production disciplines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; travel within or outside the US.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Become a key strategic partner for customers and provide technical leadership.
• Uncover customer challenges and goals (e.g., enabling automation, improving yield, reducing power consumption, shortening TTM).
• Translate Advantest technical capabilities and advantages to customer’s business outcomes.
• Lead the customer engagement during various phases of the sales process: Technical pre-sales, demos, value positioning, implementation, installation.
• Lead a cross-functional team through the solutions life cycle: Requirements discovery, solution design, code development, on-site integration & support.
• Collaborate with global R&D, Services Sales team, and local Account teams.
• Share new product knowledge with key stakeholders.
• Provide software installation, upgrades, integration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Product responsibilities include Production software on Advantest V93K testers.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Learning agility

Travel willingness

Education

BSEE

BSCS

Tools

C++

Python

Qt

SQL databases

Linux

SmarTest

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Become a key strategic partner for customers and provide technical leadership.
• Uncover customer challenges and goals (e.g., enabling automation, improving yield, reducing power consumption, shortening TTM).

• Translate Advantest technical capabilities and advantages to customer’s business outcomes.

• Lead the customer engagement during various phases of the sales process: Technical pre-sales, demos, value positioning, implementation, installation.
• Lead a cross-functional team through the solutions life cycle: Requirements discovery, solution design, code development, on-site integration & support.
• Collaborate with global R&D, Services Sales team, and local Account teams.
• Share new product knowledge with key stakeholders.
• Provide software installation, upgrades, integration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Product responsibilities include Production software on Advantest V93K testers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Computer Science (BSCS), or equivalent.
• 5-10 years of experience in engineering or production disciplines.
• Strong problem-solving skills, communication skills.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Travel within or outside US.

Software Skills:

• Software development experience in C++, Python, Qt, SQL databases
• Linux system administration & development environment including Linux shell commands, scripts, and networking, rpm installation/creation, etc.
• Advantest’s SmarTest tester operating system and Production APIs.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Semiconductor test industry knowledge.
• Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) tester platforms preferably on Advantest V93000 (V93K) tester.
• Technical sales experience.
• Production support experience.