{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5ceeb77361aaa26df902f72c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ceeb77361aaa26df902f72c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ceeb77361aaa26df902f72c","title":"FAE - Senior Field Applications Engineer","description":"Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our\nVision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values\n; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over\n30 years of quarterly profitability\nwithout a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our\ncareers\npage to see what exciting opportunities and company\nperks\nawait!\nJob Description:\nMicrochip Technology Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Field Applications Engineer to join our South-Central Team. This role is ideal for a unique individual with over 5 years of experience in embedded engineering, possessing outstanding technical skills and a passion for customer engagement.\n\nAs a Senior Field Applications Engineer, you will leverage your insights and influencing skills to educate clients about their industry and offer unique perspectives on their technology, linking back to Microchip's solutions. Your engineering design skills, techniques, and knowledge will be crucial in decreasing client development time, reducing overall system costs, and improving the performance of their end products. You will provide comprehensive support in hardware, firmware, middleware, and development tools to accelerate the product development schedules of our clients. This position will allow you to become a trusted technical advisor, engaging with clients primarily in the computing industry within the South-Central US region.\nDrive design wins to revenue applying the Microchip Total System Solutions approach\nAdopt, lead, and comprehensively utilize all elements of Microchip’s Sales Operating System to create and secure design-wins\nDevelop custom embedded firmware solutions to support customer designs\nProvide in-depth engineering support and assist customers with hardware and software development\nAdapt existing reference designs to address specific customer needs\nWill primarily work with clients in the computing industry\nTravel to receive training or to support other regions as needed\nReports to: Embedded Solutions Engineer Manager based in Austin, TX\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nTechnical Requirements:\nBSc or BEng in Electronic Engineering or equivalent\n5+ years of experience with embedded system design including:\nExperience with embedded microcontrollers and system architecture design and development\nExperience with embedded C programming language and associated tools\nExperience with RTOS\nExperience with firmware update and bootloaders in microcontrollers\nExperience with I2C/SPI/UART serial communications interfaces\nStrong problem solving and system debugging skills\nStrong understanding of electrical engineering concepts\nExperience with hardware design\nExperience with schematic capture and layout tools\nExperience with digital logic analyzer tools (such as Saleae Logic Pro)\nExperience with Oscilloscopes\nOrganizational Skill requirements:\nWork effectively with Field Sales colleagues and teams\nAbility to operate under minimal guidance and assume personal responsibility/accountability comfortably\nEstablish trust and credibility with customers and regional teams\nEffectively manage prioritization of many opportunities and customers\nSelf-starting learner – proactively keeps up to date with new technologies and products\nWork effectively with other regions and divisional applications\nProficient written and verbal skills in English\nAccomplished Presentation and Training skills\nAdditional Desired Skills:\nExperience with GIT source control management\nExperience with secure boot and secure firmware update in microcontrollers\nExperience with wired or wireless networking hardware/software\nExperience with embedded Linux\nExperience with TDD for embedded C\nExperience with Agile project management\nUnderstanding of PC and Server architecture\nExperience with Python\nTravel Time:\n0% - 25%\nPhysical Attributes:\nHearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others\nPhysical Requirements:\n80% Sitting, 10% Standing/Walking\nPay Range:\nWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:\nBenefits of working at Microchip\nThe annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $93,000.00 - $226,000.00.*\nRange is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.\nMicrochip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\nFor more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the\nKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster\n.\nTo all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. 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Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our\nVision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values\n; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over\n30 years of quarterly profitability\nwithout a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our\ncareers\npage to see what exciting opportunities and company\nperks\nawait!\nJob Description:\nMicrochip Technology Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Field Applications Engineer to join our South-Central Team. This role is ideal for a unique individual with over 5 years of experience in embedded engineering, possessing outstanding technical skills and a passion for customer engagement.\n\nAs a Senior Field Applications Engineer, you will leverage your insights and influencing skills to educate clients about their industry and offer unique perspectives on their technology, linking back to Microchip's solutions. Your engineering design skills, techniques, and knowledge will be crucial in decreasing client development time, reducing overall system costs, and improving the performance of their end products. You will provide comprehensive support in hardware, firmware, middleware, and development tools to accelerate the product development schedules of our clients. This position will allow you to become a trusted technical advisor, engaging with clients primarily in the computing industry within the South-Central US region.\nDrive design wins to revenue applying the Microchip Total System Solutions approach\nAdopt, lead, and comprehensively utilize all elements of Microchip’s Sales Operating System to create and secure design-wins\nDevelop custom embedded firmware solutions to support customer designs\nProvide in-depth engineering support and assist customers with hardware and software development\nAdapt existing reference designs to address specific customer needs\nWill primarily work with clients in the computing industry\nTravel to receive training or to support other regions as needed\nReports to: Embedded Solutions Engineer Manager based in Austin, TX\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nTechnical Requirements:\nBSc or BEng in Electronic Engineering or equivalent\n5+ years of experience with embedded system design including:\nExperience with embedded microcontrollers and system architecture design and development\nExperience with embedded C programming language and associated tools\nExperience with RTOS\nExperience with firmware update and bootloaders in microcontrollers\nExperience with I2C/SPI/UART serial communications interfaces\nStrong problem solving and system debugging skills\nStrong understanding of electrical engineering concepts\nExperience with hardware design\nExperience with schematic capture and layout tools\nExperience with digital logic analyzer tools (such as Saleae Logic Pro)\nExperience with Oscilloscopes\nOrganizational Skill requirements:\nWork effectively with Field Sales colleagues and teams\nAbility to operate under minimal guidance and assume personal responsibility/accountability comfortably\nEstablish trust and credibility with customers and regional teams\nEffectively manage prioritization of many opportunities and customers\nSelf-starting learner – proactively keeps up to date with new technologies and products\nWork effectively with other regions and divisional applications\nProficient written and verbal skills in English\nAccomplished Presentation and Training skills\nAdditional Desired Skills:\nExperience with GIT source control management\nExperience with secure boot and secure firmware update in microcontrollers\nExperience with wired or wireless networking hardware/software\nExperience with embedded Linux\nExperience with TDD for embedded C\nExperience with Agile project management\nUnderstanding of PC and Server architecture\nExperience with Python\nTravel Time:\n0% - 25%\nPhysical Attributes:\nHearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others\nPhysical Requirements:\n80% Sitting, 10% Standing/Walking\nPay Range:\nWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:\nBenefits of working at Microchip\nThe annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $93,000.00 - $226,000.00.*\nRange is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.\nMicrochip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\nFor more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the\nKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster\n.\nTo all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. 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