FIELD APPLICATION ENGINEER I

Job Overview

Data communications applications change at an exponential pace and the Data and Devices Business Unit is at the heart of a continuously expanding connected life. Accordingly, we provide responsive, iterative, and fundamentally agile capabilities to support today's demands. Our customers are building the devices and the infrastructure that is redefining what information technology means. Our products push markets and meet the ever-changing need of the evolving, more connected, data-driven world. We are enhancing the way we do business, focusing on the most important things and staying agile and responsive to the needs of a faster, more connected world.

The FAE will serve as a technical resource for our customers’ engineers and program / platform managers by providing technical expertise, design work, product application information, and general support for strategic customers. The selected engineer will be a significant interface between TE Connectivity’s sales and engineering organizations and our customers.

New Grad Training

• Training on TE Connectivity Products and industry architectures
• Training on Prototype Designing and building
• Sample ordering, shipping, and tracking
• Shadowing customer visits within the US
• Introduction to manufacturing technologies
• Introduction to product and program management
• Introduction to industry standards
• Basic signal integrity training

What your background should look like:

Key Responsibilities

• Be the background support for Americas Field Application Engineering Team as part of your training and preparation for advancement
• Manage in-house concepting and prototype builds working with TE's industry leading 3d printing lab and machine shop
• Analyze Customer needs, matching them to current TE product or propose modifications to current product and/or propose new product development to R&D Engineering
• Function as the technical interface between the customer’s engineers and the TE engineering community on all existing products as well as focus on new product development opportunities
• Support a cross-functional, global team specific to the customer. The team may consist of a Program Manager, Quality Engineering, Logistics, Procurement, Operations, and Sales.
• Work closely with internal engineering teams to ensure that they are meeting the customers’ needs and be a conduit to the customer
• Represent and be an advocate for the customer
• Support product & process qualifications
• Support existing applications and products including tolerance analysis, application evaluation, and testing
•  Leading and documenting customer meetings and calls
• Travel will be 10% or less

Skills, Experience and Education

• BS degree in Engineering required:  Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Project Management Degrees apply
• Great organizational skills
• Excellent people skills and presentation capabilities both in person and virtually
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Self-Initiating and good at follow up skills
• Strong problem solving, strategic and tactical thinking, analytical skills  and Knowledge of MS-Office. 

Preferred

• Ideal candidate will be interested in relocating to Austin Texas, San Francisco California, or Seattle Washington in about 1 year after onboarding in Harrisburg, PA.  Relocation at that time would be funded by TE
• Signal Integrity knowledge

Competencies