Field Applications Engineer

Arrow Components

Field Applications Engineer championing electronics technologies and solutions for Arrow. Remote role focused on customer-facing work in New Zealand with technical leadership responsibilities.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇳🇿 New ZealandJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Promote the latest electronics technologies into customer designs to maximize Arrow’s electronics component content into projects that benefit our customers and will create new business for Arrow
Understand customer needs and leverage Arrow’s engineering resources to facilitate solutions that bring value to customers
Partner with the sales team across pre-and post-sales activities, providing technical support and consulting to promote demand creation
Technical collaboration & research with sales, other Arrow departments & Suppliers in support of customer designs
Champion return on engineering investment, design support priorities, initiatives, and promotions
Manage supplier and customer expectations by building and developing relationships
Attend and actively participate in strategic branch meetings and quarterly reviews
Develop and drive strategic technical plans by supplier line or customer solutions
Participate in Arrow initiatives through branch training and customer calls
Organize engineering customer events
Confidence and ability to independently organize & present technical workshops with labs to audiences

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in Electronic Engineering or relevant discipline
Experience and the ability to understand and self-train in all aspects of Electronics, particularly Microcontrollers, FPGAs, Analogue and Power Management
Understanding in Embedded Modules, Connectors & Passives
Good to have experience with FPGAs and at least 8-bit embedded micro-controller hardware development, debugging & tools
Previous experience in the electronics industry will be highly regarded and is desirable
Strong technical background and at least 2-4 years of electronics design experience
Regular travel within New Zealand
Willingness to travel at times across ANZ for customer meetings or supplier training sessions
Supplier training may also at times be international
Ability to build and maintain good relationships/network with established customers
Ability to self-discover & then engage to develop new customers from ideas/leads
Ability & willingness to work from home when not visiting customers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Inclusive, supportive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment, with a strong open-door policy
Additional paid leave on top of statutory leave entitlements such as birthday leave, company’s paid parental leave, study leave and charity leave
Group life insurance
President Club Award for outstanding employee
Employee engagement events
Wellbeing programs
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Free LinkedIn Learning access for your continuous development!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Electronic EngineeringMicrocontrollersFPGAsAnalogue ManagementPower ManagementEmbedded ModulesConnectorsPassivesElectronics DesignDebugging

Soft Skills

Relationship BuildingTechnical SupportConsultingOrganizational SkillsPresentation SkillsSelf-trainingCustomer EngagementNetworkingIndependenceCollaboration