Field Applications Engineer

As a key member of our Technical Sales Support team, you will play a crucial role in developing, evaluating and demonstrating applications for the Living Optics Camera System and related technologies. You will support our internal sales and development teams and work directly with customers to solve their problems.

This is an exciting opportunity for a graduate with a passion for hands-on problem solving and a desire to grow their career in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will have the chance to contribute to project success by interpreting customer needs, identifying opportunities to solve problems with Living Optics technology, and cultivating new customers and a community of interest within the APAC region.

We are committed to supporting your professional growth through mentorship and training, enabling you to develop the skills necessary for a successful career in technical sales.

This role will be based in Singapore. It will require travel to customer locations, conferences and exhibitions.  Occasional international travel to our regional offices (Taiwan, Japan) and Head Office in the UK will be required.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical expertise in support of sales and business development.
• Enabling our customers to use our products for their applications at their sites.
• Creating application showcase demonstrators for internal and external stakeholders.

• Collaborating on projects with partners to test and integrate our product prototypes into application solutions. 

• Develop ideas for next technology steps and support activities towards product development and applications. 

• Playing a full and collegiate role in upholding and promoting the values of the company. ß

Essential Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelors level qualification in a technical subject.
• Comfortable programming in Python.
• A systems-thinker, capable of interpreting customer needs and atomising complex requirements.
• Good written and oral communications in English and Mandarin.
• Capable of representing complicated technical matters to a non-technical audience
• Hands on.
• Enjoys being in an office, lab, or field site working with equipment, and developing solutions.
• Able to travel internationally.

Desirable Requirements

•  Exposure to collaborative software development practices, such as version control using Git.
• Some familiarity with electronics, embedded software, computer vision and machine learning (to a hobbyist level).
• Previous technical sales, technical support or applications development experience.
• Understanding of Japanese language a bonus.

Benefits

• A competitive salary alongside an enticing employee share option program.
• Enjoy a generous leave package with 25 days off in addition to bank holidays.
• Comprehensive coverage including medical and critical illness insurance, life assurance, and income protection.
• Enhanced pension contributions that are matched for your benefit.
• Take advantage of our electric car scheme.
• Participate in our cycle to work initiative, offering discounts on new bike purchases.
• Benefit from the TechScheme: exclusive discounts on technology with flexible payment options.
• Earn bonuses through our employee referral program.