Field Application Engineer

Essential functions and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers to determine major design challenges and partner with them to create solutions that focus on ease-of-use and added-value
• Present technical seminars and training sessions to customers, representatives and distributors
• Publish technical articles and application notes
• Define and design evaluation kits
• Engage with customers and the Apex Engineering organization to help define new products and uncover opportunities for future product development
• Act as a technical bridge between the customer and factory to help solve complex technical problems and develop competitive, high-performance working proposals for customers
• Promote the design in and sale of Apex products by providing technical solutions and support to customers to help solve their design challenges
• Work with design and marketing teams to successfully launch and support new products into the market
• Work in the Engineering lab tackling problems and delivering innovative development solutions to support Apex products and drive revenue
• Perform failure analysis to determine the root cause of field failures
• Perform other related duties as requested or required

• Strong and broad knowledge of analog circuits and applications using operational amplifiers, Pulse Width Modulation and switching topologies and applications using voltage references
• Good understanding of schematics, layouts, analog and power circuitry
• Experienced in Spice simulation
• Excellent analytical problem solving skills are required
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with people in different functions
• Strong customer facing experience and presentation skills
• Any knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the job

• United States citizen- due to military interaction

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field
• Five years Applications or Design Engineering experience in power analog electronics or related field

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field

The ability to travel up to 50% of the time, domestic and international, is required