Staff Engineer, Field Applications
About The Position
Analog Devices is seeking a Staff Field Applications Engineer to provide strategic technical leadership for a major automotive technology customer in the San Francisco Bay Area and to support additional regional priorities as needed. The role serves as a trusted technical advisor, connecting customer system requirements with differentiated ADI technologies and solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with customer architecture, hardware, software, and validation teams on complex, fast-moving development programs. The position requires strong system-level expertise, hands-on problem-solving capability, and the ability to lead technical engagements from early concept and architecture definition through design, validation, and production.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline
- Typically 8 or more years of relevant field applications, product applications, system design, semiconductor, or customer-facing engineering experience
- Proven success leading strategic customer engagements from architecture through production
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and board- or system-level design experience
- Hands-on experience with laboratory measurement, characterization, debugging, and root-cause analysis
- Ability to translate customer requirements into solution strategies and execution plans
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership, influence, and clear communication with technical and executive audiences
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced customer environment
- Ability to engage regularly with customer teams in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Willingness to travel up to 25%, including occasional overnight travel
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline
- Experience supporting automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, semiconductor customers, or advanced mobility platforms
- System expertise in mixed-signal signal chains, power management, battery management, sensing, embedded systems, high-speed interfaces, connectivity, timing, or isolation
- Knowledge of vehicle architectures, in-vehicle networking, software-defined vehicles, ADAS, electrification, or functional safety
- Experience with embedded development, system debugging, prototypes, evaluation platforms, or reference designs
- Familiarity with automotive development, qualification, and product lifecycle requirements
- Ability to mentor engineers, set technical direction, and build trusted senior-level relationships
Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead FAE and system-level technical authority for a highly strategic automotive customer, guiding engagements from concept through production.
- Build trusted relationships with customer engineering teams and translate system requirements into differentiated ADI solutions.
- Influence architecture and design decisions through technical consultation, solution proposals, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept development.
- Provide hands-on design-in support, including design reviews, simulation, laboratory evaluation, debugging, validation, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate cross-functional ADI resources and communicate customer requirements, market trends, competitive insights, and product gaps to internal stakeholders.
- Partner with product teams to influence roadmaps and deliver technical presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and training.
- Support additional strategic automotive customers and regional priorities as business needs require.
Benefits
- medical, vision and dental coverage
- 401k
- paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
- discretionary performance-based bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
