Senior Field Applications Engineer

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY                    

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE's power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propel growth for its customers and innovate the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

POSITION SUMMARY:                                  

As an Advanced Energy Field Applications Engineer (FAE), you will be the primary technical interface between our customer and our internal Sales, Marketing and Engineering teams.  The Artesyn and AEI brands are well known and well respected in the power conversion industry and within the markets we address. As such you will be a trusted advisor to our customers. You will be instrumental in discovering and providing information about the application, helping to choose or develop a solution, in presenting it to the customer and in helping the customer to implement our solution.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain a trusted technical advisor relationship with customer
• Review application conditions, specifications, test methods to show compliance and help define products and projects
• Be part of a cross functional team including Sales, Engineering, Marketing and Operations to support the customer and act as a technical liaison between customers and internal teams
• As part of the Global High Volume Products Business Unit FAE team, collaborate with and assist other FAEs and in North America and globally on common customer programs and issues
• Interact with customer and internal engineering and quality teams while winning new business, custom product developments and sustaining matters.
• Responsible for performing activities such as test and debug in our lab and at customer site to support all phases of system qualification of AEI/Artesyn standard and custom products

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experienced power electronic engineer possessing strong technical and interpersonal skills to support the adoption of Advanced Energy power solutions to targeted customers in with focus on networking accounts in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley)
• Should be equally comfortable working with all levels of a customer, from bench level debugging, rework/reprogram PSUs to presenting solutions to customer's technical team
• Responsible for performing activities such as test and debug at customer site to support all phases of system qualification of AEI/Artesyn standard and custom products
• Must have knowledge of digital communication bus such as i2C/SMBus/PMBus or CAN bus and firmware reflash or bootload experience
• Be part of a cross functional team including Sales, Engineering, Marketing and Operations to support the customer and act as a technical liaison between customers and internal teams
• As a trusted customer advocate, he/she must have the skills to influence and earn the respect of engineering leaders both internally and with the customer.
• Proven fixer - able to drive issues to resolution with a sense of urgency

EXPERIENCE:                                              

• 3+ years' design/application experience in power supply and/or other power electronic products
• Working experience with digital communication bus such as i2C bus and PMBus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

EDUCATION:                                                                                    

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with an electronic engineering background

COMPENSATION:                            

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting.  Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.  The range of starting pay for this role is $115,000 to $160,000 per year.  Additionally, this position is eligible for the Sales Incentive Plan with a specific target amount to be determined based on the role.

BENEFITS:

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - 4 different health care plan options, dental, and vision
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous paid time off starting at 4 weeks, 7 holidays and 3 floating holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs 
• Other voluntary benefits include pet insurance, identify theft, legal assistance, critical illness, and voluntary accident insurance

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.