Field Application Engineer (Automotive Audio)
Focus on Car infotainment Head-Unit application and Audio AMP application.
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves providing field applications support to strategic and key automotive customers, focusing on Car infotainment Head-Unit and Audio AMP applications. You will support key customer projects with system knowledge and drive technology discussions for specific product areas.
What you'll do
- Provide field applications support to Strategic and Key Automotive customers.
- Support key customers’ projects with system knowledge and drive design ins for specific product areas.
- Interface directly with customers, offering technical guidance, product recommendations, schematic review, PCB layout, and validation reports.
- Troubleshoot customers’ board level and product level issues on-site.
- Deliver technical presentations, workshops, and training sessions to customers.
- Gather customer feedback and market insights for new product definition.
What you'll need
- MSEE in Engineering.
- Less than 2 years’ experience in Automotive Infotainment or Audio AMP industry.
- Solid knowledge in convertor (ADC/DAC), Audio, Video, Power management, DSP and processor products.
- Familiarity with mixed signal circuit applications/design at the board/system level.
- Excellent hands-on experience in HW and SW design capability.
- Previous experience providing customer-facing technical support.
- Fluency in spoken and written English, with strong presentation skills in both English and Chinese.
Nice to have
- Automotive system level knowledge.
- Auto infotainment related background.
- Automotive system electrification experience.
Skills: field applications support, automotive customers, car infotainment, audio AMP, schematic review, PCB layout
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This role has been open 44 days — well below the 95-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
143
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Median days open
95 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$152k
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| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (143 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 143 |
| Median days open | 38 d | 95 d (−57 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: field applications support, automotive customers, car infotainment, audio AMP, schematic review, PCB layout
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 78 d
- Texas Instruments · 23 open roles · median 141 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 22 open roles · median 91 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics · 10 open roles · median 103 d
- Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 229 d
How we counted: 143 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.