Field Application Engineer – FAE
San Jose, California | $150,000
Overview
A leading electronics manufacturer is looking for a Junior Field Application Engineer to act as the technical link between its production facilities and customer engineering teams. This is a customer-facing, collaborative role combining technical expertise with relationship management across design, quality, and manufacturing functions.
Responsibilities
Design & Engineering Support
- Provide DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and stack-up support for new and existing customer designs
- Participate in design reviews prior to release and help define drawing notes to meet specific design and manufacturing requirements
- Implement industry standards and customer-specific specification requirements
Customer Engagement
- Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal production/engineering groups and customers
- Attend scheduled customer meetings and provide technical Q&A support
- Travel to customer sites to support technical discussions, program reviews, and issue resolution
- Create and deliver technical capability presentations in partnership with the sales team
Internal Collaboration
- Communicate customer technology needs and roadmap gaps to internal teams
- Update customers on production capabilities and facility technology roadmaps
- Support factory investigations of quality issues as they arise
- Travel to factory locations to support customer visits and audits
- Collaborate with account managers to grow customer revenue through technical support
Candidate Profile
This role is ideal for an early-career engineer looking to grow in a customer-facing technical capacity. Strong candidates will come from a background in field applications, front-end engineering, process engineering, or quality engineering — with field application experience being the strongest fit.