Field Application Engineer-Sensor Integration
Koch Industries
Field Application Engineer-Sensor Integration
Koch Industries
Private conglomerate in energy and materials
Your Job
We are seeking a Field Application Engineer (FAE) to provide technical support for new customer opportunities and to support customers in integrating our sensor into their applications. The FAE will act as the technical liaison between customers, product engineering, sales, and product management to ensure successful integration, validation, and deployment of our sensor solutions. This is a hands‑on role combining customer-facing troubleshooting, application engineering, and support for pre‑sales activities.
Our Team
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What You Will Do
Technical Support for New Customer Opportunities
- Serve as the application SME for sales and product management in customer RFIs/RFQs, technical evaluations, and design-in activities.
- Function as the first-line sensor SME during early engineering discussions around new customer opportunities
- Conduct feasibility studies, define requirements for proof‑of‑concepts, hands‑on demos, and pilot integrations to accelerate design wins.
- Prepare technical proposals, application notes, integration guides, and cost/complexity assessments to support commercial offers.
- Work with marketing and engineering to develop demo configurations, evaluation kits, and technical collateral for new opportunities.
- Establish deep technical relationships at customers, positioning Molex as the preferred partner through demonstrated technical excellence and differentiated application support
Customer Integration Support
- Provide hands‑on technical support to customers integrating our sensor into their systems (mechanical mounting, electrical interfaces, signal conditioning, calibration, and environmental/EMC considerations).
- Provide technical support to customers with on-site integration and troubleshooting.
- Deliver integration specifications: mounting guides, wiring diagrams, calibration procedures, sample code, demo kits, and data‑logging configurations.
- Diagnose field issues, perform initial root‑cause analysis, propose containment, and follow through to resolution with internal teams (product engineering, test, manufacturing).
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 3+ years hands‑on experience in field/application engineering, customer technical support, or sensor/system integration (or equivalent experience).
Practical experience with sensors (electrical characterization, mounting, calibration) and test equipment
- Strong troubleshooting skills and experience performing root‑cause analysis.
- Excellent people skills, with the ability to quickly build rapport and credibility with customers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain technical concepts to engineering and non‑engineering stakeholders.
Willingness and ability to travel (frequently 25–50% depending on role).
What Will Put You Ahead
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Who We Are
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Private conglomerate in energy and materials
Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.
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