Field Application Engineering Manager
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Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a regional team of Field Application Engineers.
- Build technical capability through individual development plans, training, mentoring and knowledge sharing.
- Provide credible technical leadership on complex customer applications and measurement challenges.
- Partner with Sales to align FAE resources with customer needs, regional priorities and growth opportunities.
- Stay connected to customers and the field, supporting strategic and technically challenging opportunities.
- Identify capability gaps and strengthen the team through development, collaboration and recruitment.
- Drive projects and improvement initiatives with clear ownership, priorities and measurable outcomes.
- Champion continuous improvement and Ralliant Business System (RBS) practices, including Kaizens.
Requirements
- Strong experience in the Test & Measurement industry or extensive hands-on experience with electronic Test & Measurement equipment.
- Solid knowledge of measurement principles, methodologies, instrumentation and troubleshooting.
- Practical experience with equipment such as oscilloscopes, probes, DMMs, power supplies, signal generators, spectrum analyzers or similar instrumentation.
- Experience in Field Application Engineering, Application Engineering, Test Engineering, Systems Engineering, Technical Sales or a comparable technical customer-facing role.
- Proven experience leading, coaching and developing engineers or other technical professionals.
- Strong engineering judgement with the ability to understand customer challenges, ask the right questions and guide technical approaches.
- Strong business acumen, project-management skills and a growth-oriented mindset.
- Willingness to travel approximately 50%, including international travel, customer visits and time with the regional team.
What We Offer
- A key leadership role supporting Tektronix customers and regional business growth.
- The opportunity to lead and develop an experienced technical team in the Test & Measurement industry.
- Exposure to a broad range of customer applications, technologies and measurement challenges.
- The opportunity to shape technical capability and how FAE resources support customers and Sales.
- A culture built around ownership, collaboration, learning and continuous improvement.
- Development opportunities through Ralliant Business System (RBS), including practical experience with Kaizens and continuous-improvement tools.
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