Field Application Engineer / Technical Pre-Sales (Teradyne, San Jose, CA)

About the role

You'll join a technical presales team that values collaboration and growth, with support to deepen expertise and build the customer-facing skills that drive outcomes.

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.

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.

Technical expertise

• Silicon technology fundamentals and DFT
• ATE and System-Level Test
• Test program generation and debug
• Power Management test for devices used in Automotive, Data Centers and Industrial applications
• Manufacturing test
• C#/.NET (helpful, not required)

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $170,500-$272,800. This range is a good faith estimate, and the actual salary will correspond with experience and skill set. This range may vary based on demand and location.

This job is eligible for discretionary bonus(es) based on financial performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Tuition assistance programs