Field applications Engineer - San Jose Ca., United States
Originally posted 2 September 2026 by the employer.
Join our FAE team supporting customers with Bluetooth LE and Zigbee wireless protocols.
About the role
This role provides field technical support for assigned territories, collaborating with sales and marketing to support customer technical requirements.
What you'll do
- Provide field technical support for assigned territories.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support customer technical requirements.
- Assist Sales in driving technical value propositions to customers.
- Support customers in the evaluation process and application development.
- Conduct device experimentation to reproduce and understand customer issues and find solutions.
- Communicate solutions to customers and their issues to the division.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree or above in Electronic Engineering/Computer Science or related majors.
- Minimum of 5 years of field support experience in semiconductors or related industry.
- Experience with computer languages and embedded programming, including C/C++.
- Understanding of basic hardware and common interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, PWM, ADC.
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with one or more short distance wireless protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Zigbee, RF4CE, Thread, 2.4Ghz Proprietary, WiFi, or Bluetooth Classic.
- Familiarity with debugging tools such as multimeter, oscilloscope.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
Nice to have
- Familiarity and hands-on experience with RTOS such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr.
- Previous employment with connectivity players such as Nordic, TI, NXP, ST, Dialog, SiLabs or CSR.
- Mandarin language skills.
Skills: field support, wireless protocols, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, RTOS
This role has been open 42 days — below the 45-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
71
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Median days open
45 d
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Median salary
$144k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Telink | All employers we track in this specialty (71 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 71 |
| Median days open | 42 d | 45 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $144k |
Skills observed across this category: field support, wireless protocols, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, RTOS
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 21 open roles · median 49 d
- QORVO · 12 open roles · median 45 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 77 d
- Texas Instruments · 7 open roles · median 65 d
- Silicon Labs · 4 open roles · median 90 d
- Coherent Corp · 2 open roles · median 2 d
How we counted: 71 open Applications FAE (RF Frontend) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 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.