About this opportunity
ROHM Semiconductor lists this Field Application Engineer opportunity in santa clara county, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
The US Technical Center at ROHM Semiconductor has an immediate opportunity for a Field Applications Engineer – specialization in magnetic semiconductor components for ongoing and future projects with >$700M LTR.
You will work on magnetic components such as Hall effect sensors for consumer and industrial applications, with emphasis on device design, processing, and reliability. You will lead technical engagements for customers on current and next generation technical requirements and work with internal engineering team in Japan to provide solutions.
This is an exciting role to develop technical and customer facing skills required for an engineering career in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industry. Come be a part of our startup-like, fast paced environment with an established company. ROHM is committed to having a diverse workplace and invites you to join our team!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Present detailed technical product presentations to key customer engineers at different level in multiple meetings, working toward design-in of ROHM products
Deep technical strengths in device physics of magnetic semiconductor components
Strong communication skills; should find it enjoyable working with engineers and technology
Work closely with colleagues in engineering, sales and marketing teams to provide technical support during all stages of the product life cycle
Work closely with customers during the design phase, understanding the full scope of the customers’ requirements to help guide the development teams
Work closely with the development teams to assist in the validation process
Participate in new product design reviews both internally and externally
Participate in supporting factory audits and customer visits internationally
REQUIRED SKILLS
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or electronics engineering technology or similar discipline.
Advanced degree, Masters and/or PhD, in electrical engineering or physics is highly desirable.
Strong knowledge of semiconductor device processing and core electrical engineering concepts
Technical background and knowledge of magnetic device design, process and characterization: Magnetic sensor design and modeling; Si and/or compound semiconductor front and back-end process technology; device characterizations such as sensitivity, linearity, temperature and noise characterization
Fluent in both English and Japanese (written/oral) for technical engagements with our Japanese counterparts
Flexible work schedule to with accommodate evening conference calls, emails, and text communications with customer
Prior customer engagement experiences with ability to make detailed technical presentations in concise and timely manner to customers
Ability to travel internationally as much at 5~6x/year to accommodate customer visits and factory audits
PREFERRED SKILLS
Experience in failure analyses and reliability of device physics
Failure analysis equipment knowledges such as SEM/EDX, OBIRCH, FT-IR spectroscopy
Ability to highlight technical gaps between customer requests and internal capabilities in resolving issues
Demonstrated experience in successful customer and team relationships
Strong analytical skills
Who can apply
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