Field Application Engineer

Prosum

🏠 Remote
📍Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Posted May 18, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Field Application Engineer

Company

Prosum

Location

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Work Type

Remote

Job ID

li-4415680723

Job Description

Field Application Engineer

Full-Time (Direct Hire) | Overtime Eligible

We’re partnering with a growing global technology company to find a talented
Application / Field Application Engineer
. This hybrid role combines customer-facing application engineering with hands-on field service support—perfect for someone who enjoys both technical problem-solving and working directly with customers.

What You’ll Do

🔧 Application Engineering

  • Act as a key liaison between customers and internal engineering teams to diagnose product issues and deliver solutions

  • Support software and application-related customer requests and enhancements

  • Deliver customer training (on-site and remote), and develop technical documentation and best practices

  • Create and present technical product demonstrations

  • Partner with sales teams on product specifications and customer requirements

  • Collaborate with field service teams to support installations and customer applications

  • Build strong customer relationships through clear communication and technical expertise

🛠 Field Service Engineering

  • Respond to customer service requests, troubleshooting issues both remotely and on-site

  • Perform equipment installations, repairs, and preventative maintenance

  • Provide customer training on system operation and maintenance

  • Evaluate system performance and customer usage

  • Support urgent or escalated service needs as required

What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field

  • Experience in the semiconductor industry (Field Service Engineer or Field Applications Engineer)

  • Familiarity with inspection or metrology tools

  • Working knowledge of tools such as MATLAB, Python, Linux, or similar

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

  • Excellent communication skills with a customer-first mindset

Why This Role?

  • Join a growing international company with strong industry presence

  • Hands-on, high-impact role with both technical and customer exposure

  • Opportunity for overtime pay and career growth

  • Work with cutting-edge semiconductor technologies
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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How would you approach troubleshooting a semiconductor metrology tool that is producing inconsistent measurement results for a customer?
  • 2.Can you describe your experience using Python or MATLAB to support application engineering or field service tasks?
  • 3.How do you translate complex technical issues between a customer and an internal engineering team?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage an urgent, escalated service request from a semiconductor customer.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to deliver technical training to a customer who was struggling to adopt a new system or process.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you partnered with a sales team to win a deal or define product specifications for a customer.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are on-site installing equipment, but the customer's facility infrastructure does not meet the specifications required for the tool to operate safely. The customer pressures you to proceed anyway. What do you do?
  • 2.You are supporting a customer remotely and they are frustrated because you cannot replicate their software issue on your end. How do you handle this?

Resume Keywords

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Field Application EngineerSemiconductorMetrologyInspection ToolsTroubleshootingPythonMATLABLinuxCustomer TrainingPreventative MaintenanceTechnical DocumentationCross-functional Collaboration

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