Application Engineer

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Littelfuse is seeking a highly motivated person to join the Engineering team within the Industrial Business Unit as an Application Engineer (AE). Reporting to the Application Engineering Manager, the AE is responsible for providing technical support to regional Industrial customers with the purpose of increasing the number of design wins at key and emerging customers in coordination with Sales and Product Management. Candidates should be self-motivated, innovative individuals who work well both independently as well as in a team role and have a good understanding of the industrial electrical market with the ability to transfer this knowledge into design wins with multiple product technologies. The AE will support Littelfuse initiatives in the Industrial OEM and Renewable Energy segments.

About the Job:

• Become key point of contact within the region for providing technical support for all industrial products.

• Work with sales team along with other technical staff to drive design wins of Littelfuse industrial products.

• Conduct product and application training events for key customers, technical reps, and internal sales teams.

• Coordinate between engineering, product management, and sales to develop requirements for new products that will deliver best in class solutions to key customers in growing and emerging markets.

• Identify technology and competitive trends in the market and define the impacts to Littelfuse.

• Ensure success in key markets by driving code and end product standard activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline

• Understand core principles of Electrical and Engineering with the ability to apply to real world applications

• Flexible and willing to work with multiple functional groups within the company

• Past internships or job experience in a relevant industry

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products

• Strong communication skills and fluent in English (written and verbal)

• Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail

• Driven, self-developer, and eager to make a change

• Motivated to join an international, fast-paced environment

• Passionate about technology and looking to apply that passion to a career

• Willing to travel within country or region

Preferred:

• Basic knowledge of Autodesk Inventor and engineering drawings.

• 3-5 years of application engineering experience within the industrial electrical industry.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline.

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise.

Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.