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Field Application Engineer

VAT GROUP ↗

📍 Dresden, Germany 🇩🇪

full-time

mid-level

hybrid

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Key Skills

semiconductorsNPItestingcommunicationcustomer

Industry

SemiconductorIndustrial Automation

Job Description

VAT Vakuumventile AG Our team in Dresden, Germany is looking for you:

Field Application Engineer (m/w/d)Semiconductor Industry - Germany

YOUR CHALLENGES

Identify and precisely describe technical requirements for new product developments and existing product improvements.
Provide local customer support during New Product Introduction (NPI).
Execute and support product setup, testing, and experiments at customer sites.
Provide accurate and precise answers to application related technical customer requests.
Reliable technical contributor in projects for both VAT and customers:
Voice of VAT engineering in customer projects.
Voice of customer engineering in product development projects.
Take technical decisions together with customers based on general BU guidelines.
Identify customer technical roadmaps and communicate to Product Managers.
Support Product Managers in defining actual and future product specifications in order to protect and increase the share of wallet for VAT Group worldwide.
Support complex technical escalations at OEM customers and end users in cooperation with responsible Product Managers.
Support Account Managers in customer acquisition and technical negotiations, proactively drive the product requirements definition process.
Contribute to the VAT application engineering network.
Monitor competitor landscape, run competition analyses, and identify VAT’s competitive advantage.

YOUR COMPETENCIES

Completed commercial or technical studies (Diploma/Masters) with a minimum of 5 years of accomplished sales experience in a customer-facing role within a semiconductor-related business.
Strong business acumen with proven skills in influencing, presentation, negotiation, and the ability to develop and grow Key Account business.
Highly motivated, autonomous, and success-driven, with solution-oriented thinking and the ability to work unsupervised.
Customer-centric, with 70% face time dedicated to client engagement.
Proficient in MS Office and ERP systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both German and English.
Home office flexibility.