Field Applications Engineer

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Company: Semtech

Location: Camarillo, CA 93010

Description:

Location: Remote, West Coast, US

Semtech's Wireless Applications team is a group of passionate and talented engineers tasked with developing and delivering industry-leading IoT solutions for the LPWAN space. We enable our customers and partners to achieve a new standard of IoT product performance, and we have a versatile and exceptionally talented team of individuals to make this vision a reality! .

Job Summary:

The Field Applications Engineer position supports pre- and post-sales activities with the Regional Sales Managers (RSMs), encompassing technical support for qualified opportunities, product/solutions training, and seminars for distributors, sales reps, and customers. Strong presentation skills, solid wireless technical knowledge, initiative, and a business sense of urgency are critical to speeding up the sales cycle.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide pre- and post-sales support to technical inquiries through RSMs for wireless IoT products, including cellular, LoRa, GNSS and short-range radio
  • Make sales calls with RSMs in market areas in NAM.
  • Recommend products, services, and general application guidelines based on customer requirements.
  • Set strategies to combine technology that will result in helping RSMs to close sales.
  • Responsible for customer, distributor, and partner training and product demos.
  • Assist in qualifying customer reference designs on hardware and application scripting.
  • Provide technical responses to RFIs and RFPs using Semtech products and services.
  • Develop training materials and application notes for IoT products.
  • Conduct application demonstrations for seminars, trade shows, and key customers.
  • Provide constant feedback to product management for new product development.
  • Communicate module field failures to design and development and assist with problem resolution.
  • Set expectations on the product roadmap, carrier, and type approval certifications.


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Science, or equivalent.
  • 5+ years' experience in wireless telecommunications.
  • Strong technical knowledge of cellular systems is required.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills are a must.
  • Candidate must be highly self-motivated
  • Software and/or hardware design experience are a plus


Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge and experience in the IoT marketplace
  • Wireless/Cellular/LoRa background
  • Hardware/Software design skills
  • Microprocessor integration
  • Embedded application design
  • Knowledge of networking protocols (IP, TCP, Ethernet, IP Addressing, Subnetting, DNS, security)
  • Project Management Skills to be able to prioritize time and resources to meet customer timelines and complete equipment certifications


We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $91,000-$169,000. There are several factors taken into consideration in determining base salary, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, skills, education, and experience, as well as job location and the value of other elements of an employee's total compensation package.

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