Field Applications Engineer (w/m/d)

About the Position

We are seeking a Field Applications Engineer to join our technical sales engineering team in Munich, Germany, focusing on ECAD and electronic data management. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong autonomy capabilities to drive customer success, market adoption, and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Sales Account Managers, Solution Architect, and Product Managers to understand customer requirements and provide a technical pitch of our solution to support the customer’s business strategy.
• Perform discovery calls to understand the current customer environment, business goals, and technical challenges.
• Manage the technical strategy, ensuring the customer’s requirements and expectations are properly set.
• Collaborate with R&D/engineering teams to identify and resolve product/performance issues.
• Participate in management meetings and represent the voice of the customer.
• Use in-depth knowledge of the client, industry, business processes, and deep knowledge of the product and technical expertise to drive and increase adoption and usage of Altium Agile Teams Solutions.
• Ability to create technical presentations and demonstrations to target individual customers on an as-needed basis.
• Travel to customer sites as needed to better understand requirements and/or provide onsite technical presentations.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in ECAD presales engagements, customer success, account management, and/or a client-facing role in Electronic Design Automation (EDA).
• Experience with ECAD tools, including schematic and PCB design, project data management, library/component management, PLM integration, MCAD Collaboration, process definition and management, workflows, and signal integrity analysis.
• Ability to engage customers at the business level to drive alignment and execution of ECAD strategy.
• Ability to be highly effective in a team and matrix management organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree and experience.
• Ability to travel 30%.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in an ECAD presales role or related position.
• Fluent English & German (at least C1) + one other European language (e.g., Italian, French, Turkish, etc.).

We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to work with a global software company accelerating the pace of electronics innovation.
• Empowering teams to innovate, collaborate globally, and help create the future of electronics development.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

About the Company

Altium Limited, a part of the Renesas Group and headquartered in San Diego, California, is a global software company accelerating the pace of electronics innovation. We are redefining electronic product creation in a software-defined world with our industry-first cloud-based platform that unites every stakeholder and phase of electronics development.

From startups to the world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before. At Altium, our teams are empowered to innovate, collaborate globally, and help create the future of electronics development.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.