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Position: Field Applications Engineer Job Description: As a Field Applications Engineer at Arrow Electronics, you will be helping our customers select and design-in interconnect, passive, and electromechanical components, electronic components, and solutions from our extensive line card. Arrow FAE’s are trusted advisors, providing technical expertise and guidance to ensure the success of both our customers and our suppliers. What You'll Be Doing: Drive demand creation by maximizing Arrow content on designs. Develop an advanced understanding of the customer’s needs and leverage Arrow’s engineering and design services resources to identify & facilitate solutions for customers. Apply technical expertise to influence designs utilizing solution selling, resources, and strategies. Partner with the sales team across pre-and post-sales activities. Provide technical support and consulting to promote demand creation. Champion return on engineering investment, design win priorities and initiatives by obtaining buy-in and support from sales. Work with customers to develop a thorough understanding of their design requirements at both a system and component level. Prepare and give sales presentations to customers. Manage top opportunities and opportunity funnel for assigned suppliers. Attend supplier trainings in-person and via conference calls. Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of supplier technologies and how those technologies relate to market needs. Provide training to sales teams on new products and help market these products to the appropriate customers. Manage supplier and customer expectations by building and developing relationships, keeping stakeholders up to date on activities, plans, and progress towards initiatives. Deepen and broaden connections with key decision makers within customers and suppliers. Attend and actively participate in strategic branch meetings and quarterly business reviews. Develop and drive strategic technical plans by supplier line or customer solution. Help plan and organize engineering customer events and seminars. What We're Looking For: At least 5 years of electronics hardware experience with a bachelor’s degree in engineering; or an advanced degree with some experience; or equivalent work experience. Familiarity with specifying electronic components, as well as passive, electro-mechanical components. Sales/technical sales experience is a plus. Strong communication and interpersonal skills Must be able to quickly build strong relationships with customers and suppliers. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Able to meet with customers both on-site and virtually (will require some overnight travel) Ability to solve complex problems and take a new perspective using existing solutions. An individual who can work independently with minimal guidance. Someone who will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience FPGA experience a plus Located in North Carolina Work Arrangement: Field-based with some overnight travel required (Territory covers North Carolina, South Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee) What’s In It For You At Arrow, we recognize that financial rewards and great benefits are important aspects of an ideal job. That’s why we offer competitive financial compensation, including various compensation plans, and a solid benefits package. Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance 401k, With Matching Contributions Paid Time Off (including sick, holiday, vacation, etc.) Health Savings Account (HSA)/Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) Options Growth Opportunities Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance Tuition Reimbursement And more! Annual Hiring Range/Hourly Rate: $76,600.00 - $143,000.00 Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. The pay ratio between base pay and target incentive (if applicable) will be finalized at offer. Location: US-NC-North Carolina (Remote Employees) Remote work employees may be required to be present at the closest designated Arrow office for work-related purposes, at the Company’s request and sole discretion. Time Type: Full time Job Category: Sales EEO Statement: Arrow is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. (Arrow EEO/AAP policy) All Arrow job postings are for existing job vacancies . We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.