Western Digital

Field Applications Engineer, Sales

Western Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $157,700 - $210,300 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Linux

About the role

  • Serve as the primary escalation path for both customer and internal technical teams, resolving issues swiftly and communicating resolutions to executive management.
  • Attend technical customer meetings to maintain direct engagement and assess the proficiency and effectiveness of the technical teams.
  • Establish and nurture strong relationships with regional and strategic customers, acting as the technical focal point for all qualification needs.
  • Communicate and consolidate technical status updates for managed accounts to the leadership team.
  • Identify and request necessary resources such as training, databases, tools, and process enhancements to maximize team productivity.
  • Proactively remove roadblocks that hinder the FAE team’s ability to succeed in sales and product qualification efforts.
  • Work closely with the sales team to identify and capitalize on new business opportunities.
  • Provide direct support for product qualification activities across regional accounts.
  • Define and manage qualification start and RTS (Release to Ship) dates to align with customer revenue build schedules.
  • Organize and participate in Concept and Product Design Reviews, ensuring all action items are tracked and closed.
  • Collaborate with customers on qualification schedules and ensure accurate status tracking in the company’s qualification database.
  • Coordinate with the System Integrity Test (SIT) teams, supplying customer-specific hardware and test-ware data to support successful product qualifications.
  • Ensure timely delivery and tracking of all customer product samples, including engineering and qualification units.
  • Provide on-site diagnostic support and failure analysis, including capturing bus traces, product logs, and performing initial assessments.
  • Ensure proper follow-up and closure of failure analysis issues by engaging subject matter experts.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise storage solutions and technical sales
  • Deep knowledge of DAS, SAN, NAS, Linux scripting, and S3-compliant systems
  • Proven track record in pre-sales, solution design, and customer engagement
Benefits
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid sick leave
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Life, accident and disability insurance
  • Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Employee assistance program
  • Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Transit
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Linux scriptingDASSANNASS3-compliant systemspre-salessolution designfailure analysisdiagnostic supportproduct qualification
Soft skills
communicationrelationship buildingproblem solvingteam collaborationcustomer engagementorganizational skillsleadershipproactive approachstatus trackingresource management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering
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