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Field Sales Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technology field; 5+ years of technical sales experience
  • Experience with FPGA/SoC or ASIC design
  • Experience with major tech distributors (e.g., Arrow Electronics, Macnica)
  • Experience navigating and maintaining a CRM tool like Salesforce

Requirements:

  • Enable, influence, and support Altera's authorized distribution partners to create demand, generate opportunities, and close sales within the territory; own sales targets for new opportunities, new design wins, and revenue growth at territory accounts
  • Drive all sales activities at distributor-led accounts: demand creation, opportunity development, forecasting, pipeline hygiene, and sales execution
  • Ensure local distribution branches within the territory are equipped, motivated, and aligned to drive Altera's business; facilitate branch trainings, attend joint customer visits, lead promotional activities, and maintain partner relationships
  • Accelerate internal collaboration to drive opportunity visibility, technical support coordination, and issue resolution with marketing, operations, applications engineering, and other supporting roles

Job description

Job Details:

Job Description:

Join Altera as a Field Sales Engineer! The Field Sales Engineer role focuses on enabling, influencing, and supporting Altera's authorized distribution partners to create demand, generate opportunities, and close sales within the geographic territory that consists of MN, IA, MO, KS, NE, SD, ND.

The individual in this role will own sales budget targets for metrics like new opportunities uncovered, new design wins, and revenue growth at the accounts within the specified geographic territory.

In order to achieve these targets, the individual will drive all sales activities at the accounts classified as 'distributor-led' within the territory. These activities include demand creation, opportunity development, forecasting, pipeline hygiene, and sales execution. Since these accounts are 'distributor-led', a crucial element of this role will be to ensure the local distribution branches within the territory are fully equipped, motivated, and aligned to drive Altera's business. This includes facilitating branch trainings, regularly attending joint customer visits, leading promotional activities, and maintaining partner relationships. Internally this individual will drive opportunity visibility, accelerate technical support coordination, and manage issue resolution through collaboration with marketing, operations, applications engineering, and other supporting roles.   

Salary Range 

The compensation below is reflective of a sales role that includes a salary + incentive. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor within the US market. Actual compensation may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc.

$181.1K - $262.2K USD 

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. 

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technology field.

  • 5+ years experience in technical sales 

Preferred:

  • Experience with FPGA/SoC or ASIC design  

  • Experience with any programmable logic or other specialized processing elements (microprocessors, GPU, CPU, etc.) 

  • Experience working with major tech distributor(s) (e.g. Arrow Electronics, Macnica) 

  • Experience working with tech design firm(s) 

  • Experience navigating and maintaining a CRM tool like Salesforce 

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

Minnesota, United States (Remote)

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

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