Main Objectives
- Acts as the technical bridge between a sales team and its customers, ensuring products and/or software are effectively customized, installed, and supported
- Analyze client needs, provide pre/post-sales technical support, conduct product demonstrations, and create custom technical solutions.
- Propose and evaluate feasibility and risk of new concepts using first-principles physics and empirical modeling.
- Closely coordinate activities with the Product Marketing Manager and Product Manager to align on targeted approach and strategy for specific markets, customers and applications
Responsibilities
- Present technical solutions in collaboration with customers and stakeholders.
- Participate in and help resolve system-level issues in collaboration with internal engineering resources, customers and stakeholders.
- Identify gaps in product capabilities to align to customer and market needs
- Act as a technical interface to internal departments as well as customers and external partners
- Definition and alignment of system requirements in close collaboration with engineering teams
- Understand how product software works in delivering the overall technical solution for market needs
Essential Quality Expectations
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to make sound decisions under ambiguity using physical principles and engineering judgment
- Excellent communication and moderation skills to lead customer brainstorming and technical discussions
- Proactive mindset for identifying innovation opportunities and system improvements
- Customer-oriented thinking and ability to represent the company in technical discussions.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, control engineering or a related field. (MSc, MEng, etc. desired)
- Minimum of five (5) years of direct design experience or application support of complex mechatronic systems, ideally in semiconductor backend capital equipment.
- Experience with technical standards and industrial development processes.
- Understanding and/or working experience with thermal systems, motion control, control systems, automation robotics, semiconductor manufacturing processes around packaging and test.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% of time as required for projects and customer support
- Willingness to work five days a week (with some flexibility) on-site at our San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) location
- Excellent English communication skills: Chinese a plus.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, control engineering or related field
- Master's degree (MSc, MEng) or higher
- Minimum of five (5) years direct design experience or application support of complex mechatronic systems
- Experience with technical standards and industrial development processes
- Understanding and/or working experience with thermal systems, motion control, control systems, automation and robotics
- Experience with semiconductor manufacturing processes around packaging and test or semiconductor backend capital equipment
- Willingness to travel up to 50% for projects and customer support
- Willingness to work five days a week on-site at San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) location
- Excellent English communication skills
- Chinese language skills
Cohu, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — A company-sponsored 401(k) with employer matching contributions is described in filings, supporting long-term savings. Company materials also highlight retirement programs as part of a comprehensive package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a discounted lookback feature is outlined, expanding access to ownership. This structure can enhance total rewards value beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company materials outline robust paid time off programs and parental leave for all new parents. Time-off programs are presented as part of a comprehensive, globally relevant benefits suite.
Cohu, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Cohu is a leading supplier of semiconductor test and inspection & metrology handlers, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) test modules, test contactors, thermal sub-systems and semiconductor automated test equipment used by global semiconductor and electronics manufacturers and semiconductor test subcontractors. Our product portfolio is focused on increasing yield, reducing cost of test, and accelerating time-to-market. Cohu is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: COHU) global company with headquarters in Poway, CA. We have a global footprint with ~3,000 employees. We are the leading supplier of Semiconductor Test and Inspection & Metrology Handlers and Test Contactors. We have market leadership in RF Power Amplifier/Front-End Module Testing.
