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Field Application Engineer

Future Electronics
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 5/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2026

About the role

Developing exciting engineering solutions and influencing new product designs is a day in the life for Future Electronics elite team of field applications engineers. As a Field Application Engineer you will bring customer’s innovative ideas to reality with your technical expertise. You will be involved with customer presentations, strategic supplier product introductions, technical sales training for customers, and execute successful demand creation programs leading to sales growth and customer expansion. Join our team and play a pivotal role in driving technology forward!


What you’ll be working on

  • Providing support and early system solution consultation to end customers such as:
  • Designing in: adding value to already established products
  • Demand creation: working with our client’s engineers to gather requirements and add value to existing components
  • Proprietary part creation
  • Providing design guidance and troubleshooting, debugging, and resolution throughout the customer’s design and development phases
  • Increasing return on investment for demand creation activities with sales team through training and strategic direction sessions
  • Strengthening and leveraging Future Electronics customer and manufacturer relationships through programs such as market wide and customer specific seminars and training


We’re looking for someone with

  • Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering required, MSEE preferred
  • 5-8 years of progressive embedded system design experience in at least two of the following technologies:
  1. 8/16 bit microcontroller hardware/firmware design
  2. 32 bit/ARM MCU/MPU hardware/firmware design
  3. Analog Signal Chain design
  4. Power conversion design (AC/DC and DC/DC)
  • The ability to organize and prioritize tasks in order to maximize productivity and performance and meet deadlines


It’d be great if you have

  • Proven communication skills: You are comfortable presenting complex ideas to audiences with a variety of technical skills, both written and verbally
  • Excellent leadership skills: You are able to able to motivate others as your drive diverse programs with sales, customers, and suppliers
  • Team player attitude - you like to collaborate and achieve results as a team


Why join us

Future Electronics is taking a hybrid approach to work. We value collaboration and working together, which our offices facilitate, combined with working remotely.


Experience and education come in many forms. If you like what you see, and you know you are a match beyond on-paper qualifications, please consider applying.


Future Electronics is an equal opportunity employer.

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