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Field Application Engineer, Electronics

Eaton
Eaton Salary
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026
Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking a Field Application Engineer, Electronics to join its team. This role is remote and is based in the Dallas, TX or Austin, TX area. Only candidates within these locations will be considered. This exciting opportunity offers hands-on involvement with high-impact OEM customers and advanced power management solutions in computing and other industries. The role combines deep technical engagement, strong customer-facing influence, and contributions to significant regional business growth.

What You’ll Do

This job is mainly to provide customer application and technical support, design assistance for ELXD full product lines in Texas mainly focus on service computing OEMs incl Dell, AMD, AWS(machine learning), HPE, HPI, Meta, IFX and TI. The job requires frequent travel to various locations, collaborate with customers for product/project designing and developing.

Visiting customer together with sales to help on technical discussion regularly; Especially be able to take care of the trouble shooting for key accounts.

Job Responsibilities

Provide application support to OEMs mainly located in Texas. Design assistance includes system analysis and proposal, product selection, layout, technical comparison, elevation drawings, configuration, etc.

Effectively translate customer needs to commercial & R&D team to facilitate product design and specification to improve NBO successful rate.

Deliver training programs to customers and channel partners, on product technology, including product technology, applications, regular product road map update etc.

Gather customer feedback and provide input to product management in an effort to improve product acceptance in the marketplace and drive roadmap development.

Work with marketing and sales teams to identify new opportunities and be a key contributor to achieve/exceed NBO pipeline target

Prepare technical literatures, application notes, technical sales tools, training material etc.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
  • Minimum 5 years of field application experience in the electronics industry
  • No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of either Austin, TX or Dallas, TX. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
  • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.


Technical knowledge

  • Sound technical background with strong application knowledge in Power Management for below Industries:
  • Computing – Server & Storage (must)
  • Automotive & Transportation
  • Industrial segment
  • Knowledge of Codes and Standards


Skills

  • Initiative and positive
  • Frequent travel is required
  • Work under pressure
  • Mandarin proficiency preferred


All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $123,750 - $181,500.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Salary : $123,750 - $181,500

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