MaxLinear · 5 months ago
Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$123K/yr - $191K/yr
5+ years expMaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company focused on improving communication networks through integrated semiconductor solutions. The Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer will work with sales and engineering teams to secure design wins, support customer programs, and provide technical guidance on product specifications and applications.
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Responsibilities
Work with MaxLinear Sales, Marketing, and Systems Engineering teams to secure design wins at key customers and strengthen relationships between customer engineers and MaxLinear
Work directly with key customer engineers to:
Promote MaxLinear’s products and technology advantages
Qualify the technical feasibility of new programs
Communicate, review, and clarify product specifications and application circuit requirements
Review component selection, schematics, and layout files to ensure customer first pass success and quick time to market
Demonstrate evaluation kits (hardware and GUIs)
Bring up, debug, and test customer boards and track support issues with MaxLinear Systems Engineering
Provide field trial support
Gather information from customers and the market to support Sales and Marketing:
Assess customer technical capabilities and program resourcing to determine likelihood of success
Assess resources required from MaxLinear to ensure customer program success
Gather information about competitor products, schedules, capabilities, features, and support
Gather information about new product features to help define new products and roadmaps
Track customer program revisions and schedules
Support MaxLinear product development:
Design and layout reference-design boards
Make recommendations on GUI software
Test hardware and software releases in advance of shipment to customers
Write documentation to support reference designs and development kits
Write customer support documents (application notes, datasheets, and FAQs)
Work with customers and the internal Quality team to ID, debug, and troubleshoot product quality issues
Qualification
Required
Strong knowledge of RF, Mixed Signal, and Digital Communications concepts
Ability to manage and resolve technical and business challenges with customers
Strong skills in problem solving and analysis
Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
Ability to work well and learn quickly under pressure in a fast-paced environment
BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 7 years of experience, or MS + 5 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 2 years of experience
Preferred
5G O-RAN / Small Cell experience
Optical networking, SFU, gateway WiFi experience
Data Compression, storage acceleration, security experience
Ethernet experience- PHYs, Switches, POE
Working understanding of power, interface transceivers, basic analog
Hands-on experience in schematic and layout design, IC debug
Programming languages such as C, C++, C#, .NET
Benefits
Health care benefits
401k savings plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Paid time off
Company
MaxLinear
MaxLinear offers integrated radio frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications applications.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20M2010-03-24IPO
2007-01-29Series Unknown· $20M
Leadership Team
Curtis Ling
Cofounder and CTO
Madhukar Reddy
VP, Central Engineering
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