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