Field Application Engineer – Industrial Automation, Robotics, Medical Devices

BlackBerry

Field Application Engineer driving revenue through QNX software and services in industrial automation, robotics, and medical devices within European Sales team.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeMunich • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSenior💰 €88,320 - €115,920 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyLinuxRTOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be the face of QNX, acting as a liaison between customers and QNX R&D, Engineering Services, and Product Management teams
Provide technical expertise and knowledge of QNX solutions to customers and prospects in both a pre-sale and post-sale capacity
Support wider sales team in a technical and consultative manner including analyzing customer design requirements, offering feasibility/ scope assessments to customer requests, and other activities as required
Manage the customer’s technical requirements (through various support and engineering departments) from the development phase to the commercial release
Build and maintain positive customer (technical staff) relations to encourage new development projects and appropriate upgrades
Deliver pre-sales software development work (demos, benchmarking, high-level customer design assistance, initial environment set-up, on occasion may be asked to participate in select development relating to customer-specific needs, etc.)
Prepare and present technical material to customers either on-site or virtual, and represent QNX at regional trade shows, speaking engagements, webinars or in concert with our large customers
Develop, and maintain a technical knowledge base of competitive intelligence.
Provide recommendations to Marketing and Sales on technical requirements to constantly improve and enhance customer experience
Travel. Some travel to customer sites is expected (25-30%).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in interfacing between customers and engineering in both a commercial (sales) and technical capacity.
Working experience in software sales, ideally in the embedded industries.
Demonstrated software development, design and architecture experience with a focus on embedded system development, real-time programming, or similar low-level programming with C, Assembly, or C++
Experience working in Linux development environments (QNX experience would be an asset but not essential).
Industrial, Robotics or Medical segment vertical market experience
Broad general knowledge of the high-tech and the embedded industry
Thorough knowledge and ongoing awareness of current market concepts and practices
General and strategic business management, creative and visionary planning, analysis and decision-making, effective leadership, communications and customer relations skills
Strong and influential interpersonal and relationship-building skills
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value.
Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to remain calm and effective in high‑pressure customer situations.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar, or equivalent meaningful experience.
Technical experience in RTOS solutions from competitive providers such as Wind River, Green Hills, or similar vendors would be deemed an asset but not essential.
Familiarity with functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 13849, IEC 62304) is a strong asset.

Benefits

Comp & perks

coverage for pension
eye exams
computer glasses
wellness expenses
paid-time-off

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++Assemblyreal-time programmingembedded system developmentLinux developmentsoftware developmentdesign and architectureRTOS solutionscompetitive intelligence

Soft Skills

customer relationscommunication skillsproblem-solving skillsinterpersonal skillsrelationship-building skillsleadershipanalysis and decision-makingcreative planningtechnical expertiseconsultative skills

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree in Electrical EngineeringIEC 61508ISO 13849IEC 62304