Now Hiring - Application Engineer (AE) in Los Gatos, CA

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Front-line sales support

• Deliver technical product presentations/demos
• Pre-design feasibility analysis (application fit analysis)
• Product recommendation(s) based on the application/design constraints with suggested optimization(s)

Pre-sales technical support

• Custom product development (including specification, testing and delivery)
• Customer design/qualification testing assistance and support (design reviews, customer test results review/analysis, setup and execution of internal test programs to support customer a/r)
• General customer assistance during the development cycle to ensure successful product launch

Post-sales technical support

• Customer manufacturing startup support
• RMA testing and reporting

Channels support

• Conduct technical training and support for distributors
• General technical channel support

Cross Matrix Support

• Generate support collateral such as app notes, technical presentations, product specifications
• Identify and understand competitors' strengths and weaknesses relative to Superior Sensor’s technical capabilities as they relate to the customer’s application space.
• Establish and manage relationships with key technical individuals at customer accounts
• Develop competitive benchmarking to highlight and position Superior Sensor’s advanced capabilities

Qualifications

• M.S. or B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years experience in embedded hardware and software designs, ideally with pressure sensors
• Excellent technical understanding from systems level down to the component level
• Experience interfacing with customers in a technical capacity
• Able to effectively communicate with both engineers and marketers
• Excellent written and verbal skills; a good listener
• Experience multitasking and simultaneously managing multiple projects