Staff Field Application Engineer - Remote located in Bay Area, CA

TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. They are seeking a Staff Field Application Engineer who will act as a technical resource for customers, providing support and expertise in product applications, while coordinating with internal teams to meet customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Be the initial point of contact for the customer’s local engineering group
• Function as the technical interface between the customer’s engineers and the TE engineering community on all existing products, as well as focus on new product development opportunities
• Actively contributes to new product development opportunities for TE at the customer, with the ability to provide conceptual design modeling
• Interact directly with key customers daily and coordinate the deliverables related to customer projects, including new products, modifications to existing products, test studies, signal integrity modeling, and any other development efforts
• Establish relationships with key customer engineering contacts and decision makers
• Gain a solid understanding of the customer’s product set and future roadmap
• Gain a solid understanding of TE Digital Data Networks products and future roadmap
• Use VOC (Voice of Customer) tools to understand the accounts’ technology
• Understand the customer’s strategic direction and electronic connectivity needs. Communicate these needs to internal TE Connectivity teams to initiate projects
• Support a cross-functional, global team specific to the customer. The team may consist of a Program Manager, Quality Engineering, Logistics, Procurement, Operations, and Sales
• Penetrate customers’ design cycle to be involved in the early stages of new product / platform planning
• Work closely with internal engineering teams to ensure that they meet the customers’ needs and are a conduit to the customer
• Represent and be an advocate for the customer
• Support existing applications and products, including tolerance analysis, application evaluation, and testing

Requirements:

• BS degree in Engineering required (Mechanical / Systems discipline preferred)
• At least 5+ years of engineering (Design and or Field) experience
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective project leadership
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize
• Strong interpersonal & negotiating skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate across all levels within and outside of the organization
• Computer proficiency, including 3D Design Applications
• Ability and willingness to travel as required, mainly regionally
• Successful candidates will have a strong ability to work independently
• Outstanding networking, influencing, and listening skills
• Experience reading/interpreting production-level drawings
• Ability to perform basic tolerance analysis
• Knowledge of general manufacturing processes of stamping, molding, plating, and automated product assembly is desired
• Experience in development engineering and participation in the full product development cycle
• Prefer candidates with some knowledge of electronics components, preferably in one or more of our product lines (connectors, electronics relays, wire & cable)