Field Applications Engineer in Manchester

Location: UK-based / Remote

Working Pattern: Remote, with regular UK travel to customer sites, supplier visits and company locations

Salary: Up to £55K

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Performance-related bonus
• Pension and benefits package
• Flexible remote working
• Autonomy across a national customer base
• Opportunity to work with market-leading suppliers and blue-chip customers
• Supportive, technically knowledgeable team

Introduction:

TCS Consulting is supporting a specialist UK-based electronic components business in the search for a Field Applications Engineer to support customers and sales teams across the UK. This is a customer-facing technical role focused on supporting design-in activity, identifying new opportunities and providing application-level guidance on electronic component selection. The role would suit someone with a strong electronic or electrical engineering background and experience within the electronic components industry.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical resource for customers and the wider sales team, supporting technically demanding applications across sectors such as aerospace, defence, space, rail, industrial and harsh-environment markets.
• Work closely with internal sales, product specialists, engineering teams, quality teams and franchised manufacturers to support long-term customer opportunities.
• Provide technical and commercial support to customers across the UK.
• Support design-in activity, qualification projects and component selection.
• Attend customer meetings, site visits, exhibitions and supplier visits.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities across existing and prospective accounts.
• Work with internal teams and supplier contacts to coordinate customer support.
• Maintain accurate opportunity, activity, visit report and forecast records.

Requirements:

• Experience in field applications, applications engineering, technical sales, field sales engineering or product support within the electronic components industry.
• Comfortable discussing component applications with engineering, procurement and commercial stakeholders, while identifying opportunities and supporting long-term customer relationships.
• Strong understanding of electronic and/or electromechanical components and applications.
• Experience supporting customer design activity and technical opportunity development.
• Knowledge of components such as passives, magnetics, power products, EMC, RF, sensors or semiconductors.
• Ability to communicate with engineering, procurement and commercial stakeholders.
• Full clean UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across the UK.