Field Application Engineer – South Region

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with OEM engineers, Manufacturer's Representatives, Distribution Partners, and Territory Sales Managers to apply Laird solutions.

• Offer technical design assistance and nurture relationships with key stakeholders.

• Utilize Laird and Qnity products and materials to address customer challenges through detailed design solutions.

• Demonstrate design solutions via modeling and simulation.

• Facilitate customer interactions, prototyping, and initial production builds to adhere to timelines.

• Create and issue final production documentation, ensuring critical dimensions and tolerances while accounting for manufacturing constraints.

• Oversee and guide projects through interdisciplinary product development design teams.

• Coordinate internal efforts to fulfill product development needs and customer program timelines.

• Prioritize multiple concurrent development initiatives.

• Keep skills updated in a dynamic global business setting.

• Travel frequently to customer locations, approximately 50%, to deliver design-specific solutions.

• Comply with quality and safety systems and standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or a related technical field.

• 6-10 years of experience in a comparable role.

• 3-5 years of experience in design at the component or subsystem level.

• 3-5 years of experience in thermal management, EMI management, or microwave absorbers.

• Strong time management skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Proficiency in solid-modeling software, such as Solidworks.

• Expertise in mechanical, thermal, electrical, or multiphysics software like Abaqus, HFSS, Icepak, or COMSOL.

• Knowledge of Finite Element Analysis or Finite Difference numerical modeling techniques.

• Preferred history of analyzing boundary value problems and results.

• Understanding of cross-functional interactions between intercompany groups and the expertise needed to guide a product from development to production.

• Effective communication skills with the ability to present to both small and large audiences in person and/or remotely.

• Experience acting as an extension of an OEM design team from system to component level.

• Required experience in thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical, or electrical design.

• Familiarity with electronics system architecture at least to the block diagram level.

• Experience in proactively engaging customers, organizing intercompany meetings, and sustaining business relationships across commercial and technical areas.

• Experienced in the design and manufacturing of electronic devices and systems.

• Business development experience and strong business acumen are desirable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive pay and benefits package.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities.