Field Applications Program (Novi, MI)
About the role
The Field Applications Program is a 12-month development track within the FAST Program designed to establish rising Field Applications Engineers as technical experts across sales, mass market, and business unit rotations. Rotations focus on technical trade-offs, schematic capture, PCB layouts, board bring up, and system-level solutions for customer designs.
What you'll do
- Use sales tools and relationships with design engineering teams to identify potential projects and address customer design needs.
- Provide customers with proactive proposals for complete, system-level solutions that incorporate Texas Instruments components.
- Analyze technical trade-offs, solve design and cost challenges, and guide component selection to favorably position products against competition.
- Gain hands-on experience during the BU/SEM rotation with schematic and layout capture, PCB layouts, fabrication processes, board bring up, and validation.
- Learn and apply scalable selling techniques and automation tools across multiple customer accounts during the Mass Market rotation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher.
- Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice to have
- Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, along with soldering and debugging skills.
- Programming skills in C/C++ (LabVIEW recommended).
Skills: FAE, customer designs, schematic capture, board bring up, system-level solutions
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This role has been open 8 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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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (143 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 143 |
| Median days open | 140 d | 95 d (+45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: FAE, customer designs, schematic capture, board bring up, system-level solutions
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 78 d
- Texas Instruments (this employer) · 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.