SOC Field Product Specialist — Technical Presales Engineer

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne in California seeks a Field Product Specialist (SOC) to connect customer challenges with Teradyne solutions, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Applications, and Engineering to shape proposals and influence product direction. This role emphasizes hands-on SoC validation/test with mobile compute, RF, and Power Management.

You will support customers in California and engage with factory engineering and marketing; travel is expected in the US and Asia.

Qualifications

• BS+ in Electrical Engineering or related field; 5–8+ years in SoC validation/test (e.g., test development, DFT, or test-enablement tools).
• 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.

Education

BS+ in Electrical Engineering or related field

5–8+ years in SoC validation/test

Experience with leading-edge SoC ATE

Customer-first mindset

Ownership mindset

Strong communication and presentation skills

Growth mindset and interest in customer-facing work

Tools

C#/.NET

Job description

Teradyne in California seeks a Field Product Specialist (SOC) to connect customer challenges with Teradyne solutions, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Applications, and Engineering to shape proposals and influence product direction. This role emphasizes hands-on SoC validation/test with mobile compute, RF, and Power Management.

You will support customers in California and engage with factory engineering and marketing; travel is expected in the US and Asia.