Filed Application Engineer – Industrial & Automotive
Job Description
Position Title Filed Application Engineer – Industrial & Automotive
Employment Type Full Time, Permanent Position
Work Location Tokyo, Japan (18F Tamachi Station Tower N, 3-1-1,Shibaura, Minato-ku)
Hiring Entity Avago Technologies Japan, Ltd. (A Broadcom Company)
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in the technology industry, preferably as a Field Application Engineer (FAE), Technical Sales Engineer, or in a similar customer-facing technical role.
- Strong technical knowledge, communication skills, and business/marketing acumen, with the ability to work effectively with customers.
- Ability to understand both the technical requirements and market needs of Industrial and Automotive OEM customers and communicate these effectively to Broadcom product divisions.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with global product marketing and engineering teams through meetings, conference calls, and written communication, and to develop customer engagement and technical support plans.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
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Highly Desired Qualifications:
- Good understanding of, and strong interest in, Factory Automation and Automotive applications and markets, including:
- Inverters
- Servo motors
- Battery systems
- Renewable energy
- Automotive powertrain systems
- Strong strategic thinking and communication skills.
- Business-level English proficiency (TOEIC 700+ or equivalent).
- Strong relationship-management skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships with both customers and Broadcom’s global teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive new business opportunity development and secure initial mass-production design wins/orders through product promotion and technical support for customers and distributors in:
- Factory Automation
- Energy Management
- Automotive Electronics
- Conduct regular technical and market discussions with customers to understand their current requirements, future technology needs, and product roadmaps.
- Translate customer requirements and market trends into actionable input for Broadcom product divisions and collaborate with internal teams to identify opportunities for future product development.
- Work closely with Broadcom’s global sales, engineering, and marketing organizations to develop and execute effective customer engagement and account strategies.
- Provide technical support throughout the customer engagement cycle, from initial product introduction and evaluation through design-in and mass production.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, distributors, and internal stakeholders.
Key Product Areas:
Major semiconductor products include:
- Gate Drivers
- Voltage Sensors
- Communication Couplers
Key Customers:
Primary customers include: mid size industrial and automotive customers in Japan
Global Collaboration
- Communicate and negotiate effectively with Broadcom’s global sales, engineering, and marketing teams.
- Develop customer-specific strategies in collaboration with relevant product divisions.
- Act as a key technical interface between customers in Japan and Broadcom’s global product and engineering organizations.
Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
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