Senior field applications engineer vs sales engineer

Differences between senior field applications engineer and sales engineer duties and responsibilities

Senior field applications engineer example responsibilities.

• Assist customers in FPGA tool usage / issue, and sometimes write application VHDL code to achieve a module function.
• Manage all technical interactions (RFP responses, job site walk-through, design reviews, statement of work creation, etc . )
• Provide customer support for XILINX FPGA circuit board system consisting of PCI, USB, API and JTAG interfaces.
• Develop and maintain product history and applications database for FAE use.
• Visit customer sites to provide 1st level response and debugging issue.
• Work and collaborate with the FAE team and other organizations within the company.
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Sales engineer example responsibilities.

• Create and manage product/technical parts of responses to RFI and RFP requests.
• Maintain and closely manage expenses, overall cost of sale, receivables, ROI.
• Create tools to manage customer projects, such as standardized proposals, technical templates, and SQL tracking database.
• Manage inbound domestic and international logistics and domestic shipping with respect to carrier selection, forwarding, brokering and expediting.
• Perform detail responses and presentations to RFP, RFI and RFR requests on technical/sales opportunities.
• Generate and release drawings on AutoCAD and SolidWorks for weld shop and machine shop parts fabrication.
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