Field Application Engineer
HybridSunnyvale, California, United States
Job Summary
Provide technical sales support for regional Global Account Managers and Business Development teams while serving as a liaison between customers and manufacturing during project development. Conduct early-stage Design Reviews to optimize customers' designs for manufacturability, performance, and cost, delivering technical presentations covering both business and technical content. Assist customers as a technical resource in selecting design standards, materials, and production capabilities, and communicate current and future technology requirements to manufacturing to drive production solutions. Perform technical tasks including DFM Analysis, stack-up generation, quality reviews, and gap analysis strategies while collaborating with Operations to ensure timely completion of NPI and product stage-gate cycles. Develop customer technology roadmaps and identify new adjacent opportunities, cultivating strong relationships with key executives within customers' engineering teams and Multek's leadership. This role requires domestic and international travel up to 40% and involves hybrid remote work in Sunnyvale, CA.
Required Qualifications
- A BA/BS degree in an appropriate engineering discipline
- 10 years of equivalent industry experience
- A focus on electrical engineering, materials engineering, or mechanical engineering
- A minimum of 2 years related of rigid and rigid-flex PCB manufacturing experience
- Specific experience in key market segments, such as Consumer Electronics, MCM, RF Applications, Infrastructure, Automotive and Industrial segments
- Must understand the technology requirements, quality and reliability standards and product qualifications procedures
- Proven in-depth understanding of product design and resultant PCB stack-up solutions
- Understanding of DFM Analysis software and Stack-up simulation software, such as InPlan, InStack, Genesis, InCAM and/or CAM350
- Must be proficient in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- This position requires domestic and international travel which may be up to 40% during specific project stages time
- Must be responsible and self-motivated individual
- Required to be street smart and provide feedback on the industry, competition, and market conditions
- Must be able to speak and write English well
- Must be able to speak and write English well, with bilingual skills being a plus
- Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (Required)
- Sunnyvale, CA 94085: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Desired Qualifications
- A focus on electrical engineering, materials engineering, or mechanical engineering is a plus
- Specific experience in key market segments, such as Consumer Electronics, MCM, RF Applications, Infrastructure, Automotive and Industrial segments is a plus
- Experience in key business segment with a good understanding of all requirements (AI segment is a +)
- Understanding of complex HDI, High Layer Count Rigid PCB design and build processes
- Experience in high reliability products and factory certification/quality management systems a definite plus
- Experience in Flex and Rigid/Flex PCB manufacturing, with relationship to the mechanical and manufacturing process
- Experience in developing the high-performance PCB solutions for known product developments with commercial success a strong plus
- Certification in quality systems, project management, and statistical process control desirable for this environment
- Must be able to speak and write English well, with bilingual skills being a plus
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