Field Applications Engineer

Description

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales, and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits' products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement, and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea, and aircraft; automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.

Mini-Circuits sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, and sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

Position Summary:

Be a part of Mini-Circuits Global Applications Team! For over 55 years, our customers have come to depend upon our customer service team to provide highly detailed and quick responses to support their designs. This role of Field Applications Engineer is a critical part to the technical support that we provide.

You will have the opportunity to work with your peers to gather and present data to our customers, provide recommendations on which part is most efficient in the customer's design and help debug any questions they have.

You will attend regional & new opportunity reviews and learn how Mini-Circuits achieve quality and speed at an affordable price!

You will also actively participate in customer meetings and calls while working alongside our quality, marketing, and production team to support our customers. You will build relationships with our customers and partner reps to ensure that Mini-Circuits is their preferred RF & Microwave Supplier.

Those who obsess with supporting our customers, an eagerness to close on new opportunities and an attitude that aligns with our guiding principles will do well in this role.

Salary Range: $120,000- $165,000 per year

Job Function:

• Utilizing experience, provides technical support at an advanced level in all areas of applications engineering tasks
• Respond to customers' technical questions regarding Mini-Circuits products.
• Provide preliminary evaluation of customers' requests for new products and work with marketing and engineering to satisfy customers' needs.
• To participate in regional opportunity review to support customers in system design and product identification
• Visit customers to promote new products and discuss technical issues.
• Coordinate opportunities with sales reps and customers.
• Assist in defining and implementing department goals.
• Collaborate in preparation of application notes.
• Troubleshooting and debugging with our customers on utilization of Mini-Circuits products, (e.g. Filters, amplifiers, front-end modules)
• Review technical documents in support of other mini-circuits departments.
• Assists in training new department members
• Review and approve sample data.
• Train new members on department documents

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5-year experience in design, product, Evaluation, test or sales of engineering products in an RF/Microwave environment
• Bachelor's degree in engineering: EE preferred
• Use of Keysight's Advanced Design System (ADS)
• Designed / Supported RF Systems such as transceivers, radio and radar
• Designed / Supported filters in a system design

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Cultural Focus

• Displays enthusiasm and Passion for their work
• Works to the standard of Uncompromising Quality by meeting or exceeding stated objectives and embracing continuous improvement
• Exercises sound Business Judgement, ensuring that efforts are on track with the Company's goals
• Operates with the mindset of Customer Obsession - by meeting or exceeding expectations to both internal and external customers
• Takes Accountability by taking ownership and accepting responsibility for their conduct and contributions
• Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and accomplishes tasks with Speed and attention to detail
• Cooperates, collaborates and contributes to shared goals with a strong sense of Teamwork
• Conducts themselves with Honesty & Integrity and treats all members with Trust & Respect

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment
• Ability and willingness to abide by Company's Code of Conduct
• Valid driver's license and ability to drive for extended periods of time
• Occasional travel, some overnight, as required

Disclaimer: The listed qualifications and requirements for each position are intended as guidelines. Mini-Circuits reserves the right to hire outside of these guidelines at Management's discretion.

Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.