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Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Field Application Engineering Teams work intimately with customers to recommend products and solutions for new and existing applications. They identify new applications, requirement modifications and enhancements to meet customer specifications and conduct on-site installation and service of product and are responsible for all technical aspects of the sales cycle for potential application of company products to meet customer needs, including identifying opportunities; determining solutions; creating demand; preparing detailed product specifications and technical marketing support; ensuring high quality and timely project execution and conducting follow-up technical support. They also approve operational quality of systems and equipment.

1. Be the initial point of contact for customer's local engineering group
2. Function as the technical interface between the customer's engineers and the TE engineering community on all existing products as well as focus on new product development opportunities
3. Actively contribute to new product development opportunities for TE at the customer with the ability to provide conceptual design modeling
4. Interact directly with key customers on a regular basis and coordinate the deliverables related to customer projects including new products, modifications to existing products, test studies, signal integrity modeling, and any other development efforts
5. Establish relationships with key customer engineering contacts and decision makers
6. Gain a solid understanding of customer's product set and future roadmap
7. Gain a solid understanding of TE Appliances products and future roadmap
8. Use VOC (Voice of Customer) tools to understand the accounts' technology, strategic direction, and electronic connectivity needs. Communicate these needs to internal TE Connectivity teams
9. Support a cross-functional, global team specific to the customer. The team may consist of a Program Manager, Quality Engineering, Logistics, Procurement, Operations, and Sales
10. Penetrate customers' design cycle to be involved in the early stages of new product / platform planning
11. Support product & process qualifications
12. Support existing applications and products including tolerance analysis, application evaluation, and testing
13. Competencies

1. Ability to leverage engineering competency to understand customer requirements directly related to interconnects, relays, sensors as well as cable and electromechanical assemblies
2. Understanding of connector design and mechanical assembly and/or manufacturing techniques
3. Oral, written and presentation skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate across all levels within and outside of the organization, include global communication
4. Ability and willingness to travel as required
5. Successful candidates must have ability and desire to work independently
6. Outstanding networking, influencing, and listening skills
7. Demonstrated ability to provide effective project leadership
8. Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize
9. Strong interpersonal & negotiating skills
10. BS degree in Engineering required (Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic preferred)
11. 3-5 years of technical sales or sales experience
12. Experience in working with Appliances OEM is a strong preference
13. Workable level with Japanese & English