Field Application Engineer – Control Systems, IIoT & Engineering
Listed on 2026-01-24
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Sales Engineer
Job Summary
The Field Application Engineer (FAE - CSIE) serves as a technical liaison between Phoenix Contact and its customers, providing expert-level support in the application of electronic and automation products with a focus on software and networking. This customer‑facing role identifies customer needs, delivers tailored technical solutions, and supports the sales team in driving business growth. The FAE plays a key role in pre‑ and post‑sales activities, ensuring customer satisfaction and promoting the value of the company's product portfolio.
The role is an individual contributor with no formal people‑management responsibilities.
This role is responsible for California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington & Idaho.
The selected candidate can live in Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Portland, والله Seattle, Phoenix or Spokane metro areas.
Responsibilities- Collaborate withregon sales teams to identify and qualify new business opportunities through technical consultation and solution development.
- Provide on‑site and remote technical support to customers, including product demonstrations, application guidance, and troubleshooting.
- Develop and deliver technical training to internal teams, channel partners, and customers.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on the company's product offerings, staying current on industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Support the integration of company products into customer applications, including system design, configuration, and validation.
- Assist in the development of technical documentation, application notes, and white papers.
- Participate in trade shows, webinars, and customer events to promote solutions and build brand awareness.
- Collaborate with product management and engineering teams to provide market feedback दम and influence product development.
- Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, project status, and technical issues using CRM and support tools.
- Meet/exceed sales growth objectives as established by manager. Take directions to actively develop new partners.
- Act as ambassador in your specified territory.
- Take lead in training PxC Sales and channel partners in PxC value proposition and offering.
- Be proficient in R3/BASE selling skills and implement strong customer relationships.
- Utilize Pivotal CRM as the primary customer planning, reporting, measurement, and opportunity tracking tool.
- Be proficient in and drive the use of all sales tools provided to support local markets.
- Active involvement in industry‑related associations, as well as distributors, and customer events.
- Demonstrate technical competence on all products/solutions within area of focus.
- Maintain all corporate policies, procedures, and programs including quotations, lead follow‑up, and timely reporting.
- Work independently to manage and develop channel partners through utilization of joint sales activities, trainings, and mutual action plans.
- Where applicable, work with Key Account Management and Marketing to implement global/national account strategies in‑order to achieve program objectives.
- Four‑year degree in Engineering or a related technical field preferred.
- 5‑7 years of experience in a technical support, application engineering, control engineering or field engineering role.
- Strong knowledge of industrial automation, control systems, control system software or electronic components.
- Preferred experience with architecting, designing and writing applications with software and tools such as: IEC
61131‑3 PLC software, Codesys, HMI, HLL (C++, Python), SCADA, Machine Learning, Profinet, Ether
CAT, OPC‑UA, Modbus
TCP.
- Must be able to travel via airplane.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate an automobile forarguably up to six hours at a time.
- Must be able to lift a Barclund minimum of 50 lbs (sample, demos, literature).
- Must be able to travel overnight 35%+ or as dictated by assigned territory.
- Must comply with company dress code guidelines. производится
- Regular and on‑time attendance.
Phoenix Contact offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental,…
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