Senior Product Applications Engineer

Company Overview:
MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. https://www.macom.com/. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio. 

Role: Senior Product Applications Engineer

Job Description:

The Applications Engineer will work with marketing and sales managers for successful sales completion via direct customer support. This includes data collection, working directly with customers lab, and with a multi-disciplinary team with multiple locations.  

The ideal candidate is an inventive problem solver that is capable of working through tough technical challenges and implement viable solutions.

The role will be based at our upcoming LA Design Center in El Segundo, CA.

The key responsibilities of this field application engineer comprise:

• Functions as the primary technical support point of contact for the customer 
• Provide customer with product training of the company’s design tools such as nonlinear models, data sheets, samples, demo boards, application notes, etc.
• Provide customers with design assistance
• Review reports, perform engineering analysis and study customer systems to develop full understanding of the customers’ applications and product architecture.
• Able to understand customer needs and work with the other company colleagues to develop competitive and creative technical solutions.
• Manage multiple projects and follow up on various tasks to ensure timely support and execution.
• Ensure clear and accurate external and internal reporting and communication.
  

Job Qualifications:

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering.
• At minimum a BSEE is required, and an MSEE is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of related electrical design or semiconductor applications engineering.
• Ideally 3-5 years' experience with designing high power RF transistors using GaN.
• Experience in advanced high power RF measurements. 
• Able to lead technical discussions and to present technical features and benefits of our products.
• Self-motivated team player who is able to take direction enthusiastically.
• Effective presenter and communicator, with the ability to ask questions appropriately, be a good listener and record accurate meeting notes and actions.
• Timely with external and internal responses, assigned action item follow-up and project documentation.
• Due to certain business reasons, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.
  

The Salary Range for this position is $84,000 to $136,000. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates’ experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This position is eligible to receive restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and cash bonuses, solely at MACOM’s discretion, subject to individual and company performance. 

Benefits:
This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to: 

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities.

EEO:

 MACOM is an Equal Opportunity