Staff Engineer, Field Applications

Job Title

Staff Engineer, Field Applications

Role Summary

Field Applications Engineer supporting optical module and data center connectivity customers in Greater China. Work with customers, sales, and product teams to drive design wins and provide system-level technical support across Analog Devices' portfolio.

Experience Level

Senior-level role (Staff). Job requisition indicates an experienced professional; specific years of experience not stated.

Responsibilities

Provide customer-facing technical support and drive product adoption for optical communications and data center applications.

• Collaborate with key customers and sales to define application requirements and engagement strategies.
• Drive design-in and design-win activities across ADI product lines, including MCUs, AFEs (op amps, ADCs/DACs), power management, and module-level products.
• Support customers through schematic and PCB layout review, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Deliver technical training, product presentations, and application workshops to customer engineering teams.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to accelerate product adoption and successful deployment.
• Monitor industry trends in optical communications, AI infrastructure, cloud networking, and data center interconnect technologies.
• Work with global product and marketing teams to influence future product definitions and system-level solutions.
• Travel to customer sites as required (approximately 10%).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and customer-facing capabilities.

• Strong understanding of optical module architectures and high-speed optical transceiver design for data center and telecom applications.
• Solid knowledge of optical communication systems and networking technologies.
• Familiarity with emerging data center interconnect trends (800G/1.6T modules, silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, AI networking architectures).
• Strong foundation in MCU hardware and firmware, and signal chain architectures.
• Experience in hardware debugging, system integration, and validation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; strong customer-facing experience.
• Fluent in English and Mandarin (written and spoken).
• Self-motivated, results-driven, and able to manage multiple projects independently.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Optical Communications, Telecommunications, or a related technical discipline.

About the Company

Company: Analog Devices

Headquarters: Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Analog Devices is a leading global semiconductor company that bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. With a focus on innovation, ADI develops solutions that drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare. The company employs around 24,000 people globally and reported revenues exceeding $9 billion in FY24, creating technologies that transform lives across various sectors.