Senior Staff Field Application Engineering

About the role

As a Senior Staff Field Application Engineer (FAE) on our Sales team, you'll work hand-in-hand with our customers, enabling them to transform our products into cutting-edge designs, all while building long-lasting partnerships that thrive on success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business line and field team to create impactful training and collateral, and prepare compelling product overviews and technology demos.
• Drive customer success across the full lifecycle: pre-sales (opportunity qualification, Proof-of-Concept/POC, demos) and post-sales (implementation and support).
• Lead customer hardware/software evaluations and perform schematic and layout review of hardware designs.
• Provide hands-on lab support for hardware and software bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Understand and influence customer architectures to align with next-generation products and the product roadmap.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong coding skills in C and scripting languages; expert problem-solving plus hardware/software debug for embedded systems.
• Automotive-focused experience: familiarity with automotive design, communication protocols (Ethernet, I2C, CAN, LIN), and ARM Cortex-R/M.
• Security-aware: familiarity with cyber security, including secure boot and secure communication.
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills; inclusive, collaborative, and customer-facing mindset.
• Willing to travel: 20% local customer visits and 10% longer-distance travel.

Pay

The expected base salary range for this role in San Jose, CA is $147,520 – $202,840 per year. All employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan.