Field Applications Program

About the Role

This role is part of the Career Accelerator Program (CAP), designed to provide professional and technical training to accelerate your ramp into TI and set you up for long-term career success. Within CAP, there is function-specific technical training and on-the-job learning opportunities. The FAST (Field Applications & Sales Training) Program prepares Sales & Applications team members for customer-oriented careers.

The Field Applications Engineer track is a 12-month experience focused on establishing FAEs as Technical TI Experts. This track includes 3 rotations:

• Rotation 1, Field Sales Office (FSO):
• Learn to work directly with customers to solve technical challenges.
• Maximize TI's revenue by providing system-level solutions.
• Focuses on analyzing technical trade-offs, understanding component selection, and solving design and cost challenges.
• Rotation 2, Mass Market (MM):
• Train FAEs on how to scale actions within a sector or EE across multiple customers.
• Participate in projects to create new and more efficient sales processes.
• Focuses on leveraging TI’s resources, automation, scalable selling techniques, decision making in imperfect circumstances, and direct customer interactions.
• Rotation 3, Business Unit/Systems Engineering & Marketing (BU/SEM):
• Gain hands-on experience understanding how TI components fit together for system-level solutions.
• Training on business acumen, technical capabilities, and processes for new product definition and introduction.
• Focuses on technical product selection, schematic/layout capture, PCB layouts, fabrication processes, board bring up, and validation.

Upon successful completion, participants become FAEs on the Digital Selling Systems team. This team uses TI's selling platform to find mass-market opportunities and convert them to revenue at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Using TI’s selling platform to identify potential projects.
• Providing customers with proactive proposals for complete, system-level solutions that maximize TI content.
• Using broad technical expertise to influence customers' part selection and favorably position TI versus competition.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field.
• Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher.
• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes.
• Soldering and debugging skills.
• Programming skills in C/C++ (LabView recommended).
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to build lasting, influential relationships.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• Ability to take initiative and drive for results.
• Ability to influence decisions through a sense of urgency and competitive drive.