Sr. Staff FAE

About the role

As a Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer (FAE) on our Sales team, you'll work hand-in-hand with customers, enabling them to transform our products into cutting-edge designs while building long-lasting partnerships. This role bridges customer challenges with innovation, driving demand creation and fostering inclusive relationships across automotive accounts and our full portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Be self-driven and collaborative; partner with Sales & Marketing to drive demand creation and build inclusive, long-term customer relationships.
• Act as an FAE for direct and distribution customers; strengthen distributor partnerships to expand regional mindshare.
• Capture customer requirements and translate them into clear block diagrams; share actionable feedback with regional marketing and product lines.
• Deliver premium customer support by collaborating with second-level support; use strong interpersonal, presentation, and written communication skills to provide timely, accurate responses.
• Recommend application solutions leveraging automotive applications and systems expertise; review schematics and PCB layouts, support technical reviews, troubleshooting, and potential quality issues.
• Set up, demonstrate, and support evaluation boards; work in the lab with test equipment to verify issues and validate solutions and design concepts.
• Use digital tools to manage opportunities, contacts, and tickets; maintain competitor awareness and co-create value propositions and tailored application strategies; adapt to diverse customer needs.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering; 5+ years in semiconductor/automotive (or equivalent) spanning analog, power, and digital products, including MCUs.
• Hands-on experience with MOSFETs, high-/low-side power switches, LED drivers, MCUs, Flash/RAM; high-voltage expertise with HV gate drivers, IGBTs, SiC, and GaN switches.
• Experience designing/supporting embedded systems (Tier 1/2 automotive preferred); embedded software on 32-bit CPUs using IDEs, debugging tools, and languages like Assembly, C, C++.
• Proficient in concept development, block diagrams, schematic capture, PCB layout, build/bring-up, and debugging; understanding of automotive development/qualification processes.
• Working knowledge of PSPICE, MathCAD, MATLAB, PLECS; skilled with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers; strong problem-solving and issue debug capabilities.
• Proven ability to nurture customer relationships with direct and distribution partners; adaptable to diverse applications and support needs; inclusive, collaborative communicator.
• Self-motivated, thrives in a fast-paced environment, eager to support teammates and share knowledge.
• Able to travel ~15% locally with some international travel.

Pay

Indicative salary range for this role in Livonia, United States: US$ 127,840 – US$ 175,780. Hourly rate will depend on the highest level of education completed.