Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.
We looking for a highly motivated and technically proficient Senior Field Application Engineer to drive business growth through strategic customer engagement, technical expertise, and market insight. This role merges in-depth product and application knowledge with strong customer interfacing and business development skills. You will act as the key technical liaison between customers, distributors, sales, and product development teams, supporting design-in/design-win processes, identifying new opportunities, and translating market needs into actionable product requirements.
About a job:
Serve as the primary technical interface to customers and distributors for power semiconductor applications.
Identify and drive new business opportunities, guiding them from design-in through to design-win.
Collaborate closely with sales, product management, and marketing teams to align customer requirements with product offerings.
Analyze customer technical needs, competition, and application trends to propose tailored solutions and new product ideas.
Support product definition by interfacing with R&D and marketing teams, including feedback on technology and feature needs.
Create and present technical materials, including Application Notes, Articles, Conference Papers, and customer-specific documentation.
Conduct technical trainings, seminars, and product demonstrations for clients and internal stakeholders.
Develop detailed reports on customer requirements, costing, feasibility, and risk analyses to support strategic planning and execution.
Act as the technical lead in cross-functional teams for post-sales support and new product launches.
About you:
Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering or related discipline; an advanced degree is a plus.
7+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with strong exposure to power electronics and customer-facing roles.
Proven experience in business development or technical sales support.
Broad understanding of semiconductor technologies, topologies, and market demands.
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills; fluent in English and German (other European languages are an advantage).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to assess feasibility and market fit.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
Experience working with global manufacturing organizations and cross-functional teams.
Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.
We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.
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What We Do
Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927. View our broad and deep product portfolio: https://www.littelfuse.com/ Littelfuse has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring a diversified workforce through equal employment opportunities. Maintaining a diversified workforce is critical to the success of our organization. Each associate receives equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex (with or without sexual conduct), marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, order of protection status, military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service, and any other protected class under federal, state or local law
