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Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognizedLeadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!\nJob Description:\nJoin Microchip’s Field Applications Engineering team and get to work with customers in Italy, Greece and Turkey. Your focus will be on driving design wins to revenue at selected customer projects, by providing in-depth engineering support to end customer requirements on general embedded design for wired connectivity.\nBased at our office in Padova (preferred) or Legnano (MI), you will report to the FAE group leader in Italy.\nIf you enjoy working in an international environment, this role is for you.\nThis position will expose you to various business units within the company globally and will allow you to get extremely involved with strategic and focus customers, Microchip sales, application engineering teams as well as channel partners throughout the EMEA region.\nKey responsibilities\nSupport Sales Team in new opportunity identifications, hold discussions with Customer's System Architects and R&D Teams, understand their needs and propose solutions based on Microchip product offerings that can solve their challenges and help them differentiate from their competitors.\n\nOnce the opportunities are secured, you will work closely with the Customer's R&D Team to assist them in the design phase and ensure their design proceeds smoothly addressing and anticipating any issues or concerns. If needed you will involve the specific Business Unit Application department for further support.\n\nAdapt existing reference designs to address specific customer needs.\n\nYour technical support will be mainly focused on products dedicated to wired communication and therefore you will also be a Member of the Wired Networking Function Group where you will have the opportunity to learn in details the Microchip offer for these applications.\n\nDeliver/facilitate customer technical training classes in collaboration with the Regional Training Centre organization.\n\nSupport other field application engineers in winning designs in their specialist technology area.\n\nHelp with relevant initiative to boost grow areas applications - 5G, data centers, autonomous driving, the Internet of Things, electric vehicles, and artificial intelligence and machine learning.\n\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nBSc or BEng in Electronic Engineering or equivalent.\n\nMinimum 3 years of professional experience in embedded systems design.\n\nStrong knowledge of communication protocols (physical and application layers, i.e. TCP/IP).\n\nKnowledge about wired communications products like: HW, security standards, protocol stacks (industrial/automotive), MCU/MPU wired communication peripherals and drivers (under bare metal, RTOs, Zephyr, Linux environments)- to effectively support clients\n\nAbility to work across different teams and departments\n\nAbility to develop innovative solutions to customers challenges\n\nWillingness to travel to the USA and other countries in Europe for training and business needs.\n\nFluent in Italian and English, both written and spoken\n\nValid driving license.\n\nAnnual Salary Range for this job which could be performed in Italy is: €47,200 - €52,168*\n* The compensation range displayed in this posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for this position. Within this range, individual pay is determined by job related skills, experience, and relevant education, training.\nAs part of our total compensation approach, the final offer may include additional pay components and benefits. Your recruiting team will share the confirmed base salary along with any applicable total compensation elements upon employment offer delivery\nTravel Time:\n50% - 75%To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. 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