SR FIELD APPLICATION ENGINEER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Field Application Engineering Teams work intimately with customers to recommend products and solutions for new and existing applications. They identify new applications, requirement modifications and enhancements to meet customer specifications and conduct on-site installation and service of product and are responsible for all technical aspects of the sales cycle for potential application of company products to meet customer needs, including identifying opportunities; determining solutions; creating demand; preparing detailed product specifications and technical marketing support; ensuring high quality and timely project execution and conducting follow-up technical support. They also approve operational quality of systems and equipment.

What your background should look like:

Job Description
In this role you will be representing Tyco Electronics to interface directly with customers to provide engineering support for existing products and/or participate in future product definition and planning. The chosen candidate should be familiar with high-speed communications, backplane interconnect technology and industry I/O standards. In addition to that, knowledge of interconnect design concept is also required.

Responsibilities
    Be the single point of contact for the customer to enhance technical communications between customer and Tyco Electronics engineering, product management and sales teams
    Provide technical presentation, training and support to the customer
    Work closely with the customer to achieve the following objectives
a)    Understand their technology trend and future product requirement as a result of regulatory and standards evolution;
b)    Provide voice of customer for engineering team in developing new products; 
c)    Capture the opportunity in its earliest stage that a Tyco Electronics product can be designed in;
d)    Propose practical solutions which can be designed into a specific product by interpreting and conveying customer’s design specifications / requirement to engineering team;

Experience & Education Required
    Good technical background in connector design, manufacturing and/or its application.
    Minimum of 5 year engineering experience preferably in Telecom industry.
    Familiar with CAD tools such as Pro-E, Solid-works, etc.
    Willingness to travel on a regular basis. 
    Be innovative and ready to learn and promote new ideas to the customer.
    Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent.
    Good English communication skill to interact with a multi-functional global team.

Competencies