React Job: Applications Engineer

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Company

Altium

Location

Cambridge, East of England, England - United Kingdom

Job type

Full-Time

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Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world's technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

  • Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
  • More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
  • We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

About the role:

As someone who has deep customer empathy, you thrive on making them successful at achieving their goals. At heart, you'll be someone who has a strong affinity with and a passion for technology, only superseded by your passion for helping our partners to win.

We're looking for someone who is strong individually and even stronger as part of the team.

A day in the life of our Applications Engineer

  • You are outcome driven and obsessive about the customer.
  • You are a great communicator, with an ability to articulate complex problems.
  • You are resourceful, where necessary being able to "get your hands dirty" by creating how-to guidelines, instructions and even small code or query examples.
  • You are a great listener and able to really understand what the partner is trying to achieve, even if this differs from what they might be asking for.
  • You are someone with great judgement and determining the best approach to solving a problem in resourceful and timely fashion.
  • You are able to work across different teams and disciplines, bringing people together to help break through roadblocks and deliver.
  • You care about the user experience, helping to improve and support it at all stages in the customer journey.
  • You are adaptable, relish new challenges and thrive when juggling multiple balls at once.

Who We're Looking For

  • Have worked for 3+ years in a customer-facing or technical role.
  • Have a technical background, ideally with some level of software development experience.
  • Be experienced in writing user facing documentation, creating how-to guides, code / query snippets and examples.
  • Have experience with cloud-based products, understanding the importance of onboarding and bringing customers on a journey.
  • Have hands-on experience with the testing and usage of systems including APIs, user-facing applications or web sites.
  • You should hold a Bachelors / Masters / Doctorate Degree in information technology, engineering or a related field.

Preferred Technology Experience

  • Working previously in a product manager or application engineer role.
  • Ensuring quality web experiences, especially those web sites authored with ReactJS.
  • Test systems spanning both unit- and system-level testing.
  • Scripting, customizing or testing using GraphQL and/or REST APIs.
  • Programming, especially with Python or C#.
  • Electronics design, CAD or data management tools.


What matters to us

Big-thinking in pursuit of purpose

We set ambitious long-term goals that stakeholders at all levels can appreciate and get behind

Diversity of thought

We think outside of the box and listen to new ideas.

Courage of conviction

We fearlessly express our convictions, born out of a relentless desire to succeed.

Transparency of intent

We facilitate open and honest two-way communication in relation to the why, the what, and the how.

Ingenuity of AND

We welcome complexity and polarities, utilizing resourcefulness and creative thinking to generate options or solutions, while balancing risks, rewards, and conflicting priorities in solving problems.

Agility in action

We shift rapidly to be more effective based on the situation. We fail fast or win quickly.

Adaptability of approach

We thrive on change and flexibility, utilizing a global view and understanding not just how, but why.

Grit in pursuit of mission

We are individually load-bearing and move through adversity and obstacles collectively. We remain objective and positive through periods of change.

Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE

Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits