Senior Application Engineer Cellular Products a sgonico

About u-blox Swiss-based u-blox (SIX:UBXN) is the global leader in positioning and wireless semiconductors for the consumer, industrial and automotive markets. Our solutions enable people, vehicles and machines to locate their exact position and wirelessly communicate via voice, text or video. With a broad portfolio of chips, modules and software solutions, u-blox is uniquely positioned to enable OEMs to develop innovative personal, professional and M2M solutions quickly and cost-effectively. With headquarters in Thalwil, Switzerland, u-blox is globally present with offices in Europe, Asia and the USA (www.u-blox.com). Job Title Senior Application Engineer Cellular Products Position: As part of the application engineering team, the holder of this job is responsible for the efficient bringing to market of u-blox products by supporting the Technical Managers in all aspects of resolution of technical problems. The function supports the improvement of existing products and the creation of new products by collecting and examination of market feedback and by analysis of competitive products. The efficiency of the application of our products is supported with the creation and maintenance of support tools. Training and education assures a high technical competence of our Field Application Engineers and the Sales in general. Tasks: Creation and maintenance of training materials for u-blox products Implementation and maintenance of Know-How exchange among FAE?s and from product development team to FAE (issues, design recommendations, bugs, and feature roadmap) Hardware schematic reviews and advice, layout analysis 2nd level support for Technical Managers Lead/Key customer design support upon Sales/FAE?s request Customization of core product deliverables (Hardware or Software) Supporting tools (e.g. u-center, programming sockets for FAEs) Reference designs (blueprints) Preparation and delivery of technical field/market feedback in specification phase Dissemination of information to FAE organization after Prototype Release Maintenance of product support from Ramp-up phase onwards Competition analysis (technical focus) External parts recommendation for customer designs Preparation and maintenance of design-in supporting documents (manuals, application notes) Coordinate issue replication and resolution between FAE and product development teams Technical RMA analysis (engineering backend for RMA process under lead of Quality department) Customer specific Measurements / Characterization Knowledge of additional European or APAC languages is an asset Requirements: Required: Bachelor''s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience Preferred: Master''s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience Several years work experience including one or more in following areas: GPS/GNSS technologies like in ADR, Timing, PPP, A-GNSS domains Telecommunication standards, 2G, 3G, LTE, CDMA Internet technologies TCP/IP, Sockets, HTTP Bluetooth and Wireless LAN technologies Hardware engineering, BB e RF Software engineering, Linux kernel, Android, embedded systems Strong problem solving skills Experience embedded HWeSW debugging skills on real time operating systems. Experience in C/C++/C#/Perl/Python programming. Experience to use embedded tools (emulators/JTAG-debuggers) Willingness to travel to customer sites and events in domestic and international locations Customer-oriented, needs to be able to quickly understand the system architecture of customer''s application, and advise field application engineers or key customer on possibilities, and consult on a technical level. Good English communication and interpersonal skills Knowledge of additional European or APAC languages is an asset Location Sgonico (Trieste), Italy