Field Application Engineer Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Field Application Engineers sit at the intersection of deep technical knowledge and client-facing work, making them strong H-1B and E-3 candidates. Employers routinely sponsor this role because it qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring at minimum a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Get Access To All Jobs⚡️ Why Altium?
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
* We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Enterprise Field Applications Engineer (FAE) is a highly skilled individual with a combination of deep technical ECAD expertise along with excellent communication skills who plays an indispensable part in bridging the gap between the Altium Enterprise sales team, Enterprise customers, and the Enterprise Implementation team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ECAD presales activities including working directly with Enterprise Account Managers to qualify opportunities, demonstrating product functionality in the context of our overall solution, and developing customer success and deployment plans in support of Enterprise post-sale activity. The Enterprise FAE ensures that there is a full technical understanding of the ‘as-is’ customer environment and can discuss and demonstrate the value of Altium’s Enterprise solutions in the context of their specific ‘to-be’ requirements. This role includes the ability to demonstrate effectiveness in understanding both internal and external stakeholder requirements, define strong technical strategies in the context of the customers business goals and provide clear communication regarding the value of Altium solutions based on customer-specific technical requirements.
Key Competencies
Strong knowledge of the EDA industry, its products and competitive landscape
Proficiency with Altium design and data management tools preferred
Ability to understand and clearly communicate Altium’s Enterprise goals and objectives
Ability to think strategically and define how our proposed ECAD Data Management solution will help Altium and the customer achieve mutual success
Possess ability to be empathetic, understand specific customer requirements, how they think, understand what their goals are, why an ECAD Data Management solution is important to their business, and develop a proposed plan to address their specific needs
Be proactive and leverage ECAD-specific technical expertise, project management and communication skills to work effectively with sales, deployment and extended technical and cross-functional teams
Position Requirements:
Work closely with Enterprise Account Managers and Enterprise Implementation Managers to understand customer requirements and define technical solutions to support the strategy
Conduct Discovery calls to understand current customer environment, business goals, technical challenges and conduct product demonstrations, presentations and technical training sessions for customers
Manage the technical strategy, ensuring the customer’s requirements and expectations are properly set
Serve as the primary technical point-of-contact for customers and assist them with product requirement definition, integration and specific adoption issues during presales stage
Build excellent customer relationships and provide technical influence to help them to adopt recommended best practices
Work with the Deployment team to help handle escalations of deployment and customer productivity blocking issues by coordinating related activities with Sales, R&D, and Customer Success (Tech Support)
Collaborate with R&D/engineering teams to identify and resolve product/performance issues
Participate in product development review meetings and represent voice of the customer
Become a trusted technical advisor by proactively staying up-to-date on industry trends, competitive products and positioning
Use in-depth knowledge of client, industry, business processes, and deep knowledge of the product and technical expertise to drive and increase adoption and usage of Altium Enterprise 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 support
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree and experience
At least 5 years of experience in ECAD presales Enterprise engagements, customer success, account management, and/or a client-facing role in 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 (Altium tools preferred)
Ability to engage customers at 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
* Ability to travel 25%
COMPENSATION
* The salary range for this role is {$150,000-$170,000}. Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
US BENEFITS
🏥 Healthcare coverage
🤓 Prescription drug, vision, and dental plans
💸 HSA and FSA accounts
❤️ Life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage where applicable
🌅 Retirement 401(k) Plan Option with Altium match
🧘 Calm App and Employee Assistance Program
🏖 Paid holidays plus a “Choice Day” off per quarter
✈️ Paid time-off on arising schedule upon key milestones
🤒 Sick time for Dr. appointments or family health needs
👶 Family medical, maternity, paternity, and military leave
🏡 Flexible working arrangements available based on role and location
🖥 Home internet allowance
🥪 Free lunch, snacks and drinks every day in office
🚗 Free parking
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
⚡️ Why Altium?
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
* We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Enterprise Field Applications Engineer (FAE) is a highly skilled individual with a combination of deep technical ECAD expertise along with excellent communication skills who plays an indispensable part in bridging the gap between the Altium Enterprise sales team, Enterprise customers, and the Enterprise Implementation team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ECAD presales activities including working directly with Enterprise Account Managers to qualify opportunities, demonstrating product functionality in the context of our overall solution, and developing customer success and deployment plans in support of Enterprise post-sale activity. The Enterprise FAE ensures that there is a full technical understanding of the ‘as-is’ customer environment and can discuss and demonstrate the value of Altium’s Enterprise solutions in the context of their specific ‘to-be’ requirements. This role includes the ability to demonstrate effectiveness in understanding both internal and external stakeholder requirements, define strong technical strategies in the context of the customers business goals and provide clear communication regarding the value of Altium solutions based on customer-specific technical requirements.
Key Competencies
Strong knowledge of the EDA industry, its products and competitive landscape
Proficiency with Altium design and data management tools preferred
Ability to understand and clearly communicate Altium’s Enterprise goals and objectives
Ability to think strategically and define how our proposed ECAD Data Management solution will help Altium and the customer achieve mutual success
Possess ability to be empathetic, understand specific customer requirements, how they think, understand what their goals are, why an ECAD Data Management solution is important to their business, and develop a proposed plan to address their specific needs
Be proactive and leverage ECAD-specific technical expertise, project management and communication skills to work effectively with sales, deployment and extended technical and cross-functional teams
Position Requirements:
Work closely with Enterprise Account Managers and Enterprise Implementation Managers to understand customer requirements and define technical solutions to support the strategy
Conduct Discovery calls to understand current customer environment, business goals, technical challenges and conduct product demonstrations, presentations and technical training sessions for customers
Manage the technical strategy, ensuring the customer’s requirements and expectations are properly set
Serve as the primary technical point-of-contact for customers and assist them with product requirement definition, integration and specific adoption issues during presales stage
Build excellent customer relationships and provide technical influence to help them to adopt recommended best practices
Work with the Deployment team to help handle escalations of deployment and customer productivity blocking issues by coordinating related activities with Sales, R&D, and Customer Success (Tech Support)
Collaborate with R&D/engineering teams to identify and resolve product/performance issues
Participate in product development review meetings and represent voice of the customer
Become a trusted technical advisor by proactively staying up-to-date on industry trends, competitive products and positioning
Use in-depth knowledge of client, industry, business processes, and deep knowledge of the product and technical expertise to drive and increase adoption and usage of Altium Enterprise 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 support
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree and experience
At least 5 years of experience in ECAD presales Enterprise engagements, customer success, account management, and/or a client-facing role in 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 (Altium tools preferred)
Ability to engage customers at 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
* Ability to travel 25%
COMPENSATION
* The salary range for this role is {$150,000-$170,000}. Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
US BENEFITS
🏥 Healthcare coverage
🤓 Prescription drug, vision, and dental plans
💸 HSA and FSA accounts
❤️ Life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage where applicable
🌅 Retirement 401(k) Plan Option with Altium match
🧘 Calm App and Employee Assistance Program
🏖 Paid holidays plus a “Choice Day” off per quarter
✈️ Paid time-off on arising schedule upon key milestones
🤒 Sick time for Dr. appointments or family health needs
👶 Family medical, maternity, paternity, and military leave
🏡 Flexible working arrangements available based on role and location
🖥 Home internet allowance
🥪 Free lunch, snacks and drinks every day in office
🚗 Free parking
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Field Application Engineer
Lead with your engineering degree on every application
Your bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field is the foundation of any visa petition. Employers and USCIS both need to see that your education directly supports the specialty occupation classification for this role.
Target semiconductor, EDA, and hardware companies first
Companies like Cadence, Synopsys, and Texas Instruments regularly sponsor Field Application Engineers and have established immigration programs. Prioritizing employers with active H-1B filing histories reduces the risk of a sponsor who is unfamiliar with the process or unwilling to cover costs.
Highlight pre-sales and post-sales technical depth equally
Sponsorship petitions are stronger when your job duties are clearly specialized. Document both your customer-facing technical demos and your backend troubleshooting work to show USCIS the role consistently requires engineering-level expertise, not generalist support skills.
Get a specialty occupation letter from your employer early
USCIS scrutinizes roles that overlap with technical sales. Ask your employer to prepare a detailed support letter explaining why a degreed engineer is required for your specific accounts and product lines before the petition is filed, not after a Request for Evidence arrives.
Use your customer territory as a visa renewal asset
At renewal time, documented proof that you own specific customer relationships and technical accounts strengthens your specialty occupation argument. Collect performance reviews, account lists, and project outcomes that demonstrate ongoing engineering judgment, not routine sales activity.
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Get Access To All JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Field Application Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Field Application Engineers typically qualify as a specialty occupation because the role requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field to perform the job duties. The key is that the position must require a specific degree, not simply prefer one. If your job description lists a degree as preferred rather than required, your employer may need to provide additional documentation to support the petition.
Which visa types do Field Application Engineers most commonly use?
H-1B is the most common path for non-Australian nationals, though it requires winning the annual lottery. Australian citizens can bypass the lottery entirely with the E-3 visa, which has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been reached. Canadians and Mexicans may qualify for TN status under the NAFTA-successor agreement if their degree and job duties meet the engineer classification criteria.
Are Field Application Engineer roles at risk of H-1B Requests for Evidence?
This role does carry elevated RFE risk compared to purely engineering-focused titles because of its customer-facing and pre-sales components. USCIS sometimes questions whether a specialty occupation degree is truly required when a role involves sales activities. A strong employer support letter that details the engineering complexity of product demonstrations, system integration work, and post-sales troubleshooting significantly reduces that risk.
Can I find Field Application Engineer jobs that sponsor visas in one place?
Migrate Mate curates job listings specifically for candidates who need visa sponsorship, including Field Application Engineer roles at companies with verified sponsorship histories. Searching there filters out postings from employers who are unlikely to sponsor, which is a common and frustrating obstacle when applying through general job boards.
Does my degree field matter, or is any engineering degree acceptable?
Degree field matters significantly. USCIS expects a direct relationship between your degree and the role's technical requirements. Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and electronics engineering degrees align most cleanly with FAE roles in semiconductor and hardware sectors. A software engineering degree may work for software-focused FAE positions, but a degree in an unrelated field will likely require additional documentation or may not be sufficient to support the petition.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Field Application Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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