Sales Account Manager – Automotive - San Jose (Holger Way), United States

Originally posted 16 July 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role supports assigned automotive OEMs by driving design wins, supporting production programs, and executing account strategies across the full vehicle lifecycle. You will focus on automotive system architectures, OEM cost structures, and long-cycle program management.

What you'll do

- Maintain regular engagement with customer engineering, purchasing, and program management teams. - Support long-term automotive programs across design-in, SOP, production, and lifecycle management. - Identify and qualify new design-in and socket opportunities aligned with customer vehicle platforms and roadmaps. - Maintain accurate CRM data, pipeline visibility, and revenue forecasting while supporting automotive RFQs and cost models. - Coordinate samples, NDAs, and all customer technical and commercial requests in collaboration with FAEs, product marketing, and engineering. - Translate BOM and teardown insights into commercial narratives for sourcing and executive stakeholders.

What you'll need

- 1–3 years of experience in semiconductor sales, applications, commercial roles, automotive electronics, or embedded systems. - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (EE preferred). - Ability to read and interpret OEM BOMs, system diagrams, and teardown analyses. - Familiarity with semiconductor product categories including MCUs, SoCs, analog, power, and sensors. - Experience using CRM platforms such as Salesforce. - Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills for cost analysis and customer presentations.

Nice to have

- Basic understanding of automotive ECUs and in-vehicle network architectures (CAN, LIN, Ethernet). - Familiarity with automotive sourcing processes and RFQs. - Understanding of automotive lifecycles including PPAP and SOP. - Experience participating in competitive BOM teardown activities.

Skills: automotive programs, design-in, ECU, semiconductor content, BOM, CRM