Embedded Systems Field Application Engineer

Overview:

Himax Technologies is on the lookout for a dynamic and enthusiastic Embedded Systems Field Application Engineer (FAE) to join our AI Sensing U.S. Marketing and Sales team in Irvine, California. This role is perfect for someone passionate about embedded systems and eager to make a significant impact by helping our customers adopt cutting-edge AI sensing solutions. This is an in-person position at our Irvine office.

If this is you, please submit your application. We would like to hire you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gain a deep understanding of Himax AI Sensing product architecture, strategy, and system applications across various markets, including IoT, security systems, and wearables.
• Provide top-notch customer engineering support for hardware (e.g., schematic review, power and clock optimization), embedded firmware, and development tools.
• Develop reference designs and projects to support demonstrations and customer design requirements.
• Engage with customers to build and nurture technical relationships with their engineering, architecture, and development teams, including senior management.
• Act as the technical liaison between customers and Himax product managers and engineering teams to clarify, prioritize, and track customer issues.
• Proactively address and resolve technical challenges to ensure customer success in a dynamic market with evolving conditions and product requirements.
• Participate in and support customer meetings, trade shows, and conferences.
• Willingness to travel, primarily within the US, and work across time zone
• Gain a deep understanding of Himax AI Sensing product architecture, strategy, and system applications across various markets, including IoT, security systems, and wearables.
• Provide top-notch customer engineering support for hardware (e.g., schematic review, power and clock optimization), embedded firmware, and development tools.
• Develop reference designs and projects to support demonstrations and customer design requirements.
• Engage with customers to build and nurture technical relationships with their engineering, architecture, and development teams, including senior management.
• Act as the technical liaison between customers and Himax product managers and engineering teams to clarify, prioritize, and track customer issues.
• Proactively address and resolve technical challenges to ensure customer success in a dynamic market with evolving conditions and product requirements.
• Participate in and support customer meetings, trade shows, and conferences.
• Willingness to travel, primarily within the US, and work across time zones.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience. 3+ years of experience as an embedded software engineer is preferred.
• Experience with microcontrollers and their peripherals, IDE, and hardware-software integration.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems and real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Proficiency in algorithm development using C, C++, Python architecture, interrupt processing, registers, and assembly code.
• Experience with image and voice embedded system applications is a plus.
• Experience with Windows applications/service development is also a plus.
• Great communication skill is required to deliver clear technical requirements or issues with customers and internal teams.
• Skilled in analyzing and debugging using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment.
• Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Proficiency in English and Mandarin.

Salary Range

• $100,000- $125,000 (DOE)

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Location: Irvine, CA (on-site)

About Our Company:

Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) is a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays (HUD) for automotive. Himax is one of the global top 10 fabless companies and Himax Imaging is a subsidiary company of Himax and mainly designs image sensor and related system products.

At Himax Imaging, a division of Himax Technologies, we develop low power CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) for consumer, computing, IoT and automotive markets. We have over 300 patents in image sensor design, algorithm and process used in our Front Side Illuminated (FSI), Back Side Illuminated (BSI) and stacked die sensor products. Leveraging our low power sensor design expertise, we are on a mission to enable intelligent and autonomous visual sensing solutions capable of operating under broad lighting environments in energy constrained, edge AI devices. Our industry leading Always ON Vision (AONV) image sensors features micro-watt to milliwatt operation with low latency, autonomous operating modes, excellent image quality and low power interface. Join our team if you are interested in developing the next generation of AONV sensors.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Language:

• Mandarin (Required)

Location:

• Irvine, CA 92618 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person