Sales Application Engineer - Data Center - United States
$183,330 - $302,060 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on technical collaboration with a major datacenter customer to secure design wins.
About the role
As a Sales Applications Engineer, you will drive technical collaboration with a major datacenter customer to secure design wins and ensure successful product integration into production, leveraging deep knowledge of Intel's product portfolio.
What you'll do
- Provide technical expertise to close design win opportunities and assist customers in integrating Intel products into production. - Develop and deliver product demonstrations to showcase capabilities and address customer requirements. - Lead on-site product design reviews and collaborate with customer teams to ensure Intel solutions meet their needs. - Cultivate customer relationships and act as the primary technical contact for rapid issue resolution and high customer satisfaction. - Analyze technical data, reproduce errors, and escalate or resolve customer issues effectively. - Offer feedback to manufacturing and product teams regarding product requirements, issues, and anticipated changes to maintain business continuity.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline. - 5+ years of experience in engineering or applications support, with a focus on datacenter, CPUs, boards, and/or systems. - Proven experience in customer-facing roles. - Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects, including requirements management, risk mitigation, and project planning. - Experience with managing engineering programs or contributing to product development cycles.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline. - Proficiency in engaging and influencing customers across various levels of their organization.
Skills: technical expertise, design win opportunities, product demonstrations, datacenter, CPUs
This role has been open 6 days — well below the 65-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
42
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$214k
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| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (42 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 42 |
| Median days open | 32 d | 65 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $214k |
Skills observed across this category: technical expertise, design win opportunities, product demonstrations, datacenter, CPUs
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 10 open roles · median 89 d
- Baya Systems · 9 open roles · median 85 d
- Texas Instruments · 5 open roles · median 34 d
- Arm Holdings · 4 open roles · median 113 d
- NVIDIA · 4 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD · 3 open roles · median 30 d
How we counted: 42 open Applications FAE (SOC Architecture) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.