Senior Field Application Engineering

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to join our sales team and work closely with customers to integrate our semiconductor solutions into cutting‑edge designs. This role focuses on customer success across pre‑sales and post‑sales activities, hardware and software evaluations, and providing hands‑on lab support.

• Partner with the business line and field team to create impactful training and collateral, and prepare compelling product overviews and technology demos.
• Drive customer success across the full lifecycle: pre‑sales (opportunity qualification, Proof‑of‑Concept/POC, demos) and post‑sales (implementation and support).
• Lead customer hardware/software evaluations and perform schematic and layout review of hardware designs.
• Provide hands‑on lab support for hardware and software bring‑up, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Understand and influence customer architectures to align with next‑generation products and the product roadmap.

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 5+ years relevant experience.
• Strong coding in C and scripting languages; expert problem‑solving plus hardware/software debug for embedded systems.
• Automotive‑focused experience with automotive design, communication protocols (Ethernet, I2C, CAN, LIN), and ARM Cortex‑R/M.
• Security‑aware: familiarity with cyber security, including secure boot and secure communication.
• Excellent presentation and written communication; inclusive, collaborative, and customer‑facing mindset.
• Willing to travel: ~20% local customer visits and ~10% longer‑distance travel.

San Jose, CA – Minimum of $147,520 base salary per year / Maximum of $202,840 base salary per year. All employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all of your on‑boarding documents.

In some instances, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.

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