Job Description
Diodes Incorporated is seeking a Field Applications Engineer responsible for supporting major automotive customer accounts in the North Central Region. Primary responsibilities include proactively solving design challenges through creative application solutions and product recommendations. The position requires a significant amount of customer interfacing activity and demands excellent oral and written communication skills in addition to a strong technical background and experience with discrete semiconductors, analog ICs, power management devices, quartz frequency control devices, plus timing and connectivity ICs.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:- Assist in managing the territory to provide customers with technical and sales support for such company products as diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, function-specific arrays, logic devices, crystals, crystal oscillators, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors, power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, motor controllers, connectivity and timing ICs, redrivers and retimers, and PCIe packet switches
- Work closely with automotive customers to understand their system application requirements for the purpose of obtaining new sales opportunities and providing technical recommendations
- Collaborate with Diodes' marketing and engineering groups to define new products to meet customer needs. Advocate new technology solutions with the assigned customer base and support the automotive design cycle
- Prepare data and documentation for customer product presentations, conduct training sessions and demonstrating new products
- Prepare data and documentation for territory presentations at quarterly business meetings
- Act in an engineering teaching capacity with sales channels and customer design teams
- Align with Regional Sales Manager on managing the sales cycle for new business opportunities
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Ability to dissect technical needs and communicate product and application suggestions
- BSEE required with at least 10 years of design experience
- Automotive experience (preferred)
- Understanding of AEC-Q and PPAP requirements
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong design and technical background
- Keen problem-solving skill set
- Proactive self-starter capable of working independently with minimal supervision and high capacity to support multiple tasks with varying levels of complexity
- Ability to work as part of a team to solve complex problems
- Ability to communicate product and application suggestions to the Marketing Team
We offer a competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, FSA, 401k with company match, company paid Short Term and Long Term disability and standard life insurance policy. Diodes, Inc. also provides paid time off and an employee wellness program.
The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is
$150,000 to $175,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, education, location, and business needs. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for incentive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. This salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation it reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting.
