Director, Global Field Applications Engineering
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Engineering
Robotics, Systems Engineer, Sales Engineer
Director, Global Field Applications Engineering
Industry: LiDAR / Autonomous Systems / Robotics / Advanced Sensors
Salary: $190,000 - $240,000 annually + potential equity & benefits
We are seeking a Director of Global Field Applications Engineering (FAE) to build and lead a worldwide technical organization supporting advanced LiDAR and sensing technology.
This leader will manage the technical customer experience from initial evaluation and proof-of-concept through integration, qualification, and production, working with customers across automotive, robotics, industrial automation, and smart infrastructure
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- Build and lead a global FAE team across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC
- Own technical relationships with strategic automotive, robotics, and industrial customers
- Guide customers through evaluation, integration, qualification, and production
- Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex customer issues
- Partner with Hardware, Firmware, Software, Quality, Sales, and Product teams
- Work directly with customer engineering leaders and executives on technical integration and design wins
- Bring customer feedback into product and engineering roadmaps
- Establish global FAE processes, training, documentation, and KPIs
- Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing global technical team
- Travel internationally approximately 25%-50%
- 10+ years in Field Applications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or another customer-facing technical engineering role
- 5+ years of people leadership
, including distributed or global technical teams - Experience with in LiDAR, sensors, automotive electronics, robotics, or related hardware technologies
- Strong understanding of hardware and software integration
- Experience supporting automotive OEM/Tier 1, robotics, or industrial customers from evaluation through production
- Strong customer-facing communication and technical leadership skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Physics, or related technical field
Highly Desired: Direct LiDAR/3D perception experience, ADAS or autonomous vehicle experience, point clouds, sensor fusion, embedded systems, SDKs, ROS, and experience scaling a global FAE organization.
Compensation: $190,000-$240,000 base salary, depending on experience, qualifications, and location. This position may also be eligible for equity and benefits.
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