Embedded Microcontroller Engineer Jobs in Washington

Job Title: Field Application Engineer

Job Description

The Field Application Engineer provides comprehensive technical support for customer circuit design and system development while driving demand creation and revenue growth for strategic suppliers within an assigned region. In this role, you deliver customer presentations, introduce new supplier products, and conduct technical sales training for both customers and regional sales teams through seminars, workshops, webcasts, and other forums. You collaborate closely with regional leadership, strategic account teams, and product marketing to design and execute effective demand creation programs that expand the customer base and increase sales.

Responsibilities

• Provide early system solution consultation to assigned customers, offering design guidance and technical recommendations at the concept and architecture stages.
• Support customers throughout their design and development phases by troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving technical issues related to circuits, embedded systems, and hardware.
• Deliver technical presentations and product introductions to customers, showcasing supplier solutions and demonstrating how they fit into customer applications.
• Train and guide regional sales teams with varying levels of technical knowledge on new technologies, helping them understand key features, benefits, and use cases to maximize demand creation efficiency and return on investment.
• Plan and execute programs that strengthen and leverage relationships with both customers and manufacturers, including market-wide and customer-site seminars, training initiatives, and technical sales and marketing activities.
• Use engineering expertise to build and implement business strategies that promote supplier products to the appropriate engineering design customers and drive accelerated revenue growth.
• Act as a technical consultant and advisor in customer-facing interactions, listening to customer needs and recommending suitable components, architectures, and system-level solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences, ensuring that stakeholders across sales, marketing, and customer organizations understand the proposed solutions.
• Conduct lunch-and-learn sessions, workshops, and webcasts to educate customers and internal teams on emerging technologies, product roadmaps, and application best practices.
• Collaborate with regional leadership, strategic account managers, and product marketing to align technical support activities with broader sales and marketing strategies.
• Document customer interactions, design activity, and opportunity progress through CRM entries to maintain accurate records and support coordinated account management.
• Stay current with electronic components and embedded system technologies, including microcontrollers, analog signal chains, and power conversion, and translate this knowledge into practical design guidance for customers.

Essential Skills

• Strong technical expereince in electronics, with a focus on Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and a heavy emphasis on hardware.
• Ability to understand, evaluate, and learn about a wide range of electronic components, including sensors, connectors, resistors, and related devices.
• 5–8 years of progressive embedded system design experience in at least two of the following areas: 8/16-bit microcontroller hardware and firmware design, 32-bit/ARM MCU/MPU hardware and firmware design, analog signal chain design, and power conversion design (AC/DC and DC/DC).
• Demonstrated experience working for a manufacturer or supplier of electronic components, particularly in environments that involve sourcing components through major distributors.
• Comfort and skill in customer-facing roles, serving as a technical consultant and advisor to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical information in a clear, accessible manner to non-technical audiences.
• Outgoing, engaging personality with a genuine enjoyment of talking with and working alongside customers.
• Ability to build and execute business strategies that connect technical solutions to commercial objectives and revenue growth.
• Proficiency in documenting customer and project activity using CRM tools.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field is required.
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.
• Expereince in embedded system architecture and design across multiple microcontroller families.
• Experience delivering technical training sessions, seminars, and workshops to mixed technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with sales, marketing, and regional leadership to align technical efforts with business goals.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a confident presence in discussions, presentations, and customer meetings.
• Organizational skills to manage multiple customer projects, seminars, and training activities simultaneously.
• Comfort working in a hybrid environment that blends office collaboration, remote work, and local customer visits.

Work Environment

This role operates within a hybrid work model, with employees typically in the office one day per week, often on Mondays, to support collaborative activities such as customer or supplier training sessions and team meetings. The remainder of the week is spent working from home or visiting local customers, providing on-site technical support and conducting training or presentations as needed. Branch operations are largely managed at the local level, giving the team autonomy to adapt quickly to regional market conditions and customer needs. The position involves local travel only, with no regular long-distance or international travel requirements. Employees benefit from a holistic approach to wellness, including competitive compensation and comprehensive health and dental benefits, medical coverage with telemedicine options, prescription coverage, flexible spending accounts, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, supplemental life insurance, and long-term disability coverage. The culture emphasizes collaboration, customer engagement, and a balance between in-office teamwork and flexible remote work.

This is a Permanent position based out of Linthicum Heights, MD.

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $150000.00/yr.

Why join us Our approach to employee wellness is holistic, which is why alongside competitive salaries, and excellent health and dental benefits, corporate employees have access to: Medical coverage through the United Healthcare Choice Plus Plan Telemedicine and virtual medical visit coverage Prescription coverage through Express Scripts Two dental plan options with Delta Dental of MA Flexible Spending Accounts Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability benefits Supplemental life insurance Long-term disability

This is a hybrid position in Linthicum Heights,MD.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 21, 2026.

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