Sr. Field Application Engineer

Bosch Group

$160K — $175K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience in design/application engineering roles.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • 5+ years of experience with semiconductors, MEMS devices, or Electronic Control Modules in automotive electronics.
  • Knowledge of vehicle systems including navigation, mobility, ADAS, and airbag systems.
  • Willingness to travel nationally/internationally for customer support, including initial training in Germany.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical customer support and solutions based on product training and documentation.
  • Collaborate with various Product Area teams to gather necessary information for customers.
  • Assist customers in effectively designing Bosch products into their applications.
  • Lead technical customer meetings and document key discussions and outcomes.
  • Gather and relay customer requirements to Bosch product management teams.
  • Support customers in resolving quality issues during product development phases.
  • Establish and maintain strong customer relationships in partnership with engineering teams.
  • Lead pre-sales activities through technical presentations and support.
  • Analyze and report on application trends, innovations, and market competition.
  • Coordinate customer PPAP processes as needed.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction throughout the design-in process and production phases.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth in a leading technology company.
  • Engagement with high-impact projects in the automotive sector.
  • Potential for international travel that enhances career experience.
  • Access to ongoing professional development and training resources.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Key Responsibilites:
  • Responsible for technical customer support and coordination. First point of technical contact for customers - provide technical feedback and solutions per product training material and published customer approved application notes and datasheets (TCDs).
  • Where necessary, work with Product Area Sensors (PAS), Product Area ICs (PAI), or Product Area Power Semiconductors (PAP) teams to request the appropriate information and communicate to customer.
  • Using application knowledge, assists customer in correctly designing in Bosch products.
  • Coordinates technical customer meetings with the appropriate Bosch team members, taking the lead to document the OPL when customer development lead is in the region.
  • Obtain customer's requirements and communicates them to the Bosch teams including Product Management.
  • Responsible for supporting customer quality issues related to samples provided during their development phase, prior to SOP.
  • Establish customer relationships by working closely with engineering teams.
  • Assist in pre-selling activities of components at customers by leading technical presentations, providing information and support.
  • Provide information on application specific customer trends, innovation, market, and competition.
  • Support development of local customer communication information (verbal and written) in native language.
  • Customer PPAP coordination and support as required
  • Assure customer technical satisfaction from the first engagement, through design-in phase and finally series production
  • Support sample warehouse coordination for components and development kits including testing and packaging of customer kits prior to delivery.


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience working in a design and/or application engineering role.
  • Strong communication skills verbally and written. Must be able to build relationships quickly with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to work both independently and as part of a global team.
  • 5+ years of design and/or application engineering experience with semiconductors, MEMS devices, and/or Electronic Control Modules with an understanding of the automotive electronics market.
  • Knowledge of vehicle systems including, navigation and mobility, ADAS, and safety systems including airbag systems.
  • Ability to travel nationally/internationally as required for customer meetings, training, and customer support. May be required to spend 2 weeks in Germany for initial technical training.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of robotics in environments of manufacturing, humanoid and others.
  • Experienced with electronic engineering tools such as oscilliscopes, that are required for product development.
  • Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a clear understanding of the business environment as a supplier to Automotive Tier 1's and/or OEM's.

Candidates must live within commutable distance from the Bosch Sunnyvale, CA facility and be available to come into the office weekly (or as required).

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