Field Application Engineer

General Position Summary:

Serve as a technical expert to the Apex Sales team and customer base on leading-edge power analog and voltage reference products.

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 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

Citizenship Qualifications:

• Must be able to meet U.S. Government “U.S. Eyes Only” access requirements for this role

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Work Environment:

The ability to travel up to 35% of the time, domestic and international, is required

Additional Requirements:

Must be willing to train onsite in Tucson, Arizona