SOC Field Applications Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Teradyne; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne in San Jose, CA is seeking a Field Application Engineer / Technical Pre-Sales to connect customer challenges with Teradyne solutions. You’ll partner with Sales, Marketing, Applications and Engineering to shape proposals, influence product direction, and help customers succeed.

You’ll bring hands-on test experience with emphasis on Mobile compute, RF and Power Management, support customers in California, and collaborate with factory engineering and marketing; targeted training is

Qualifications

• BS+ in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5–8+ years in SoC validation/test.
• Experience with leading-edge SoC ATE (Teradyne and/or competitor).
• Customer-first mindset; able to build relationships across customer and internal teams.
• Ownership mindset; collaborate, prioritize, and drive closure.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Competitive benchmarking experience is a plus.
• Growth mindset and interest in customer-facing work.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted technical relationships with customer engineering teams.
• Identify opportunities, articulate value, and help drive wins.
• Coordinate cross-functional experts to design and deliver customer solutions.
• Provide customer-driven input on positioning and product/engineering roadmaps.
• Share feedback with factory and engineering to improve roadmap and execution.

Skills

Customer-facing

Communication

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Ownership mindset

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

C#/.NET

Job description

Teradyne in San Jose, CA is seeking a Field Application Engineer / Technical Pre-Sales to connect customer challenges with Teradyne solutions. You’ll partner with Sales, Marketing, Applications and Engineering to shape proposals, influence product direction, and help customers succeed.

You’ll bring hands-on test experience with emphasis on Mobile compute, RF and Power Management, support customers in California, and collaborate with factory engineering and marketing; targeted training is