Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

PQShield

$120K — $145K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Preferred Engineering Degree, vital for role success.
  • 5-10 years of relevant FAE/sales engineering experience with demonstrated success.
  • Familiarity with hardware IP cores, security software, or embedded solutions.
  • Experience navigating complex sales cycles in large enterprises.
  • Ability to translate technical solutions to both engineers and high-level executives.
  • History of integrating and demonstrating intricate technical solutions.
  • Strong communication and product demonstration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support strategic accounts by identifying requirements and presenting technical solutions.
  • Follow up with prospects to clarify customer requirements and provide timely information.
  • Educate prospects on PQShield’s products, assisting in the creation of customer-facing demos.
  • Document all technical communications and create relevant customer guides and documents.
  • Identify technical steps to close opportunities, collaborating with the Engineering Team for efficient onboarding.
  • Ensure the Engineering Team understands and meets customer requirements and timelines.
  • Collaborate with Sales and Marketing on a strategic approach to sales.
  • Provide insightful feedback from customers to evolve messaging and product strategy.

Benefits

  • Remote-first company culture with flexibility to work from home.
  • Share options available to employees.
  • Travel opportunities for customer meetings and marketing events.
  • Comprehensive health insurance plan.
  • Generous PTO and holiday offerings.
  • Company contributions towards a 401K plan.
  • Additional great benefits offered.
Full Job Description
Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Industry Focus: Semiconductor, Security Hardware & Software, Hyperscalers, Networking & Telecom

Territory: North America

Opening date: July 2024

Location: Remote, US based, Austin, Texas or California preferred. 10-20% Travel required.

What you'll be doing
  • Supporting strategic accounts, identifying requirements, researching technical solutions, and presenting & demonstrating technical solutions.
  • Following up with prospects to identify key customer requirements, providing appropriate levels of information at the right time for interested prospects.
  • Educating prospects on PQShield's products and technology, including assisting with creating customer facing demos.
  • Documenting technical communication with customers, creating Q&A documents, Statements of Work, quick start guides and similar
  • Identifying the technical steps necessary to close opportunities, and work with the Engineering Team to bring those customers on board quickly and with a win-win technical relationship.
  • Ensuring that the Engineering Team understands customer requirements and timelines.
  • Collaborating with Sales and Marketing Team members on a strategic sales approach.
  • Providing clear feedback from customers and prospects to the Management and Engineering Team to help evolve messaging and product positioning.
  • Ensuring successful follow through of the sales cycle by maintaining accurate technical information using tools including Google Workspace, Hubspot, Jira, GitHub, etc.


Required Skills And Qualifications
  • Engineering Degree is desired for success in this role
  • 5-10 years of relevant FAE/sales engineering experience, with a history of success.
  • Experience with hardware IP cores, security software or embedded solutions to OEMs, defense contractors, semiconductor companies and/or security vendors .
  • Experience supporting sales-cycles to large enterprises with complex technical requirements.
  • Experience supporting a deeply technical solution, and communicating technical value, to engineers as well as to VP and C level executives.
  • History of integrating and demonstrating complex technical solutions.
  • Strong communication & product demonstration skills.
  • Proven creative problem-solving approach and understanding of hardware IP and security solutions. Experience with cryptography is a plus.
  • Strong desire and ability to move up within the organization.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work with a team.
  • Proficiency with Jira, GitHub and Hubspot.


Some of the perks of working with us:
  • A competitive compensation package.
  • Share options.
  • A remote first company. You will work from home most of the time, but will need to join us in the office for planning sessions and key meetings as required.
  • Travel for customer meetings and marketing events as needed.
  • Health insurance.
  • Generous PTO and holiday package.
  • Company contributions towards 401K.
  • ...and other great benefits.


If you enjoy working as part of a technology company, value the security of our daily digital lives, and love solving hard problems - then we'd love to hear from you.

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