Senior Field Applications Engineer

About the position

Advanced Energy is looking for an experienced and competitive Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to help drive sales growth in the industrial and medical power supply segment. The FAE will collaborate with the sales team, marketing, and design engineers to provide highly differentiated technical support to our customers to drive design wins at a diverse set of applications and customers in the central region. Additionally, this position is eligible for the Sales Incentive Plan with a specific target amount to be determined based on the role.

Responsibilities

• FAE will support the adoption of Advanced Energy power solutions at our customers at all stages of the engagement process from presales activity to post production/installation support.
• FAE support comes in many forms: AE solution recommendations, system architecture guidance, schematic review, on-site customer qualification & debug support.
• Develop engineering relationships with our customers to identify and communicate technical requirements for new applications or customer needs that aren't served by the current portfolio to the product development.
• Provide technology updates and product training to customers, sales, and distribution.
• Act as a trusted customer advocate with the confidence and persuasive skills to earn the respect of engineering leaders both internally and with the customer.
• Influence the sales strategy with the FAE's technical perspective.

Requirements

• Charismatic communicator that can advocate for customers to an internal audience and for the company to the customer.
• Solid problem-solving methodology.
• A passionate and curious technologist with an ability to learn and adapt to industry trends.
• Extensive knowledge of power electronics with ability to qualify, test, modify, and debug power supplies in the lab as needed.
• Basic knowledge of digital communication bus such as I2C bus and firmware reloading/rebooting experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of power electronics design and/or applications experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or similar discipline) required.

Benefits

• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays.
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off.
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads.
• Company matched 401(k).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs.
• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identity theft, and legal assistance.