Applications Engineer

Applications Engineer

Apogee Semiconductor provides products and technologies for space and other extreme environments. We are focused on making the frontier of space more accessible by bridging the technology gap between commercial and high-reliability technologies at a lower cost. We provide optimized products and infrastructure that give you the best in reliability and value. Our products and services are targeted towards enabling small-satellites and large constellations that require high performance, a small form factor and radiation resilience at a lower cost. Working in partnership with state-of-the art semiconductor foundries, Apogee Semiconductor develops radiation hardened processes and components that serve as the foundation for our cutting-edge integrated circuits and IP blocks.

As an Applications Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to support customers using Apogee products. This includes interfacing with customers to facilitate robust implementations of new designs including schematic and layout reviews. You will design and build hardware reference designs including documentation enabling effective evaluation of Apogee products. Generating marketing collateral that promotes use of our products such as application notes, simulation models, simulation test benches, and test reports are also a key responsibility of an applications engineer. Strong collaboration among the cross-functional teams involved in new product development is required.

What You'll Do:

• Customer Support: Provide key technical support to our customers to enable design-ins. Resolve technical issues. Assist in the design, integration, and deployment of company products into customer applications.
• Collateral/Documentation: Create reference designs, user's guides, test reports, application notes, and other technical marketing collateral. Create hardware demos highlighting differentiated features of Apogee products. Support data sheet generation and simulation models.
• Lab evaluation: Bench test Apogee products to validate and resolve customer care-abouts.
• Include bench test results in reference design user's guides. Support heavy-ion Single Event Effects radiation testing with hardware, test plans, and testing at the facility, if required.
• Participate in all phases of development: Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve issues and implement product improvements.
• Travel: Occasional travel to customer sites for in-person support, system integration, troubleshooting, and technical discussions. Attend trade shows, conferences, and customer meetings to promote the company's products.
• Continuous improvement: Continually work to improve processes and methodologies for better accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the general manager and the strategic marketing manager as well as other stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Masters of Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• Attention to detail, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to produce new ideas.
• Exposure to basic circuit design concepts with a strong desire to grow and learn new concepts.
• PCB design/layout of application and evaluation boards.
• Desire and drive to interact with customers and internal teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences with varying level of technical understanding.
• Available to work full-time in the Plano Office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years' experience as an Applications Engineer specifically in semiconductor or electronic manufacturing.

Benefits:

All our positions offer a comprehensive compensation package, including equity and robust benefits. Base pay is part of Apogee Semiconductor's total rewards package, which may include incentive stock options, company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, flexible PTO, and 401(K) retirement.

Apogee Semiconductor pay ranges are informed and defined through professional grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.