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Your role

Texas Instruments (TI) FAST (Field Applications & Sales Training) Program is designed to prepare Sales & Applications team members for customer-oriented careers that pair technical skills with business perspectives. The program provides experiences that help rising TIers understand how to successfully grow TI’s business and thrive throughout their entire TI career. This experience aims to establish rising Field Applications Engineers (FAEs) as technical TI experts with customer engineers and internal teams. 

FAE responsibilities include: 

• Using various sales tools and relationships with design engineering to identify all potential projects
• Providing customers with proactive proposals for complete, system-level solutions that maximize TI content
• Using broad technical expertise to influence customers’ part selection process while favorably positioning TI versus competition 

About you

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field 
• Fluent in local language and English, with both written and oral communication skills
• Basic understanding of schematics, layouts, and digital components 
• Knowledge and understanding of analog circuitry (examples include: op-amps, DC/DC power, data converters, sensing, etc.) 

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, along with soldering and debugging skills 
• Programming skills in C/C++ (LabView recommended) 
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions 
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery 
• Ability to build lasting, influential relationships, both inside and outside the organization 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment 
• Ability to take initiative and drive for results 
• Ability to influence decisions through a sense of urgency and competitive drive 

Note: Texas Instruments will not sponsor job applicants for visas or work authorization for this position.

Benefits

Joining the Texas Instruments (TI) FAST (Field Applications & Sales Training) Program offers several benefits:

• Comprehensive Training: The program provides extensive training that combines technical skills with business insights, preparing you for customer-focused roles.
• Career Growth: It helps you understand how to grow TI’s business and thrive in your career at TI, offering a solid foundation for long-term success.
• Rotational Experience: You get to experience two rotational tracks, which expose you to different aspects of the business and help you find the role that best suits your interests and skills.
• Networking Opportunities: The program allows you to build a strong network within the company, connecting with both customer engineers and internal teams.
• Becoming a Technical Expert: It aims to establish you as a technical expert, enhancing your credibility and effectiveness in your role.

Training, rotation, & development

This program offers experiences that enable emerging TI professionals to effectively expand TI’s business and excel throughout their careers at TI. It aims to develop aspiring Field Applications Engineers (FAEs) into technical experts for both customer engineers and internal teams. The program includes two rotational tracks:

• Rotation 1, Field Sales Office (FSO): The FSO rotation is centered on learning how to work directly with customers to solve technical challenges, and ultimately maximize TI’s revenue by providing customers with the systems-level solutions that best address their design needs. Among other aspects, the FSO rotation focuses on analyzing technical trade-offs, understanding component selection, and solving design and cost challenges. 
• Rotation 2, Systems Engineering & Marketing (SEM): The SEM rotation provides hands-on experiences that help future FAEs understand how various TI components fit together to provide systems-level solutions for customer designs. This rotation focuses on technical product selection, schematic/layout capture, PCB layouts, fabrication processes, board bring-up up, and validation. 

Career progression

Upon successful completion of the Field Applications Engineer track, participants are welcomed as FAEs on TI’s Worldwide Sales & Applications team.

Sources

Information on this page was gathered based on the sources below:

• careers.ti.com/students/
• careers.ti.com/fast-rotation-program-technical-sales-engineering/
• its.nmhu.edu/announcementsPIX///003453.pdf