Sr. Application Engineer

Responsibilities:

Lead conversations with customers to inform design/marketing teams of customer challenges and changing product requirements (30%)

Create engaging product demonstrations to highlight key product features

Support existing and new product launches by creating technical collateral (30%)

Increase product adoption/retention through high quality documentation (data sheets, user guides, application notes, etc.) and evaluation tools

Expand the reach of our capacitive sensing solutions through digital content like videos and technical articles.

New product definition: Engage with customers to define the next generation capacitive sensing requirements (20%)

Conduct laboratory experiments to benchmark against competitor components and highlight Semtech advantages

Sales/Field Application support: Provide product training to field teams and create training collateral/presentations for new product launches. (10%)

Industry engagement: Attend tradeshows/workshops/conferences and collaborate with reference design partners for joint promotional efforts. (10%)

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

5+ years of product applications experience in the automotive market

Strong customer engagement skills, including communication, presentation, and technical writing skills.

Proven experience collaborating with global product development teams to successfully bring new products to market

Knowledge of Analog / Mixed-signal Circuitry, and ADCs

Experience working in a lab environment (comfortable working with/automating lab equipment: e.g. oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, etc.)

Self-motivated, results-oriented, and enthusiastic, with a commitment to achieving business objectives

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Capacitive or Magnetic sensing applications

Python or Matlab experience for data analysis or evaluation GUI development