Senior Applications Engineer – Data Center and Energy - CA, San Jose, Rio Robles, United States
$126,943 - $174,579 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
Support Data Center and Energy products.
About the role
This customer-facing role involves supporting Data Center and Energy products, combining technical problem solving, application development, product support, and market engagement. The successful candidate will work closely with strategic customers to help evaluate, develop, and deploy power solutions across a variety of applications.
What you'll do
- Serve as a technical expert for power technologies, products and solutions.
- Support customers through product evaluation, design, integration, and troubleshooting.
- Conduct product demonstrations, proof-of-concept activities, and application validation in laboratory environments.
- Develop and maintain evaluation platforms, reference designs, application notes, and technical documentation.
- Provide technical training and support to customers, field engineers, and internal teams.
- Present technical content at industry conferences, customer seminars, webinars, and training events.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, field applications engineering, product engineering, or a related technical role.
- Solid understanding of analog and digital electronics fundamentals.
- Hands-on electronics laboratory experience, including use of oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, signal generators, and related test equipment.
- Ability to troubleshoot hardware and system-level issues.
- Working knowledge of software tools used for device configuration, control, data analysis, or system development.
Nice to have
- Experience with power electronics, power management, industrial automation, energy systems, or related technologies.
- Familiarity with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and digital communications interfaces.
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or MATLAB.
- Prior experience publishing technical articles or presenting at industry conferences.
Skills: technical expert, customer support, product evaluation, design-in, reference designs, power technologies
This role has been open 43 days — well below the 68-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
210
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$161k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (210 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 210 |
| Median days open | 42 d | 68 d (−26 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $161k |
Skills observed across this category: technical expert, customer support, product evaluation, design-in, reference designs, power technologies
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 52 open roles · median 113 d
- Infineon Technologies · 35 open roles · median 68 d
- Texas Instruments · 25 open roles · median 29 d
- Renesas Electronics · 21 open roles · median 22 d
- Analog Devices (this employer) · 18 open roles · median 41 d
- Nexperia · 11 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 210 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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.