Field Applications Engineer Microcontrollers

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The Field Applications Engineer Microcontrollers (FAEM) is responsible for partnering with Sales and providing MCU related technical expertise throughout the sales cycle. The FAEM proactively identifies current products and/or creative solutions to solve existing customer projects and create new functionality/opportunities. In this role, the FAEM also uses in-depth product knowledge to provide technical expertise to gain credibility and develop relationships with customers.

Responsibilities include:

• Win new customer design commitments
• Take customers' designs to revenue by providing prompt and thorough technical support for on-going design activity
• Understand customer MCU requirements and propose solutions with TI, Customer, or third party software
• Recommend and implement system processor solutions to customers in a consultative role
• Work closely with the sales team and product group to capture new processor business and successfully take it to revenue
• Constantly apply lessons learned from customer engagements to refine our competitive understanding
• Use customer and competitive knowledge to tailor feedback to the product group for new product development
• Have a grasp of the specific business value ($) that new product enhancements will produce
• Constantly making technical contributions back to TI's technical community through informal (flex teams, technical forums) and formal (application notes, Tech Day presentations) channels
• Develop design winning embedded processor customer proposals by recommending optimal solutions to customers; factoring in all technical, cost, time to market and business issues
• Provide companion system s/w architecture solutions to customers factoring in technical feasibility, integration complexity and related business issues (licensing, intellectual property, costs)
• Have a system level architecture understanding of complex embedded systems: LPW, motor control, audio/video, telecom, security
• Comprehend and debug complex systems issues (hardware interaction with software and external components)
• Debug other engineers' designs: hardware and software using TI and industry development tools and test equipment

Minimum requirements:

• Minimum education (i.e., bachelor's degree in electrical engineering)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer
• Engineering or related field
• Fluent in English, both written and oral communication skills
• Basic understanding of schematics, layouts for MCU and peripheral components
• Knowledge and understanding of MCU internal resources (examples include op-amps, data converters, clock, PWM, comparators,  communication interface etc.)
• Experience with lab equipment, like oscilloscopes, AWG, multimeter, along with soldering and debugging skills
• Experience with MCU related applications such as motor driver, power electronics, digital power
• Experience with IDE such as CCS or others.
• Preferred qualifications:
• Programming skills in C/C++ (LabView recommended)
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills and logics
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
• Ability to build lasting, influential relationships, both inside and outside the organization
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Ability to take initiative and drive for results
• Ability to influence decisions through a sense of urgency and competitive drive
• Better to have power electronics related experience