Applications and Systems Engineer

Position Overview 

The best NI-Emerson Field Application Engineers effectively balance their time between face-to-face technical interactions with target customers, technical activities, and providing insight and feedback as the voice of the customer. Field Application Engineers serve as highly trusted technical consultants, allowing them to influence the technical direction of target accounts and NI-Emerson to ensure mutual customer and NI-Emerson long-term success. They inspire NI-Emerson internal technical stakeholders and customer engineers to action through leading and coordinating technical strategy and activities to achieve co-authored technical objectives for top accounts. They stay in tune with industry trends and the NI-Emerson technology roadmap to recommend approaches for customers’ current and future technical needs. 

• Building key technical relationships at top accounts demonstrating great technical credibility increasing customer technical confidence in NI-Emerson 
• Understanding and assisting in creation of customer technical requirements. 
• Provide recommendations on software architectures, hardware while helping understand the next steps to ensure success
• Collaborating with the NI-Emerson Account Manager(s) as part of an account team to lead development and execution of the account technical strategy providing insight to the overall account strategy and pipeline
• Coordinating with and informing internal technical stakeholders to execute on account technical initiatives and provide feedback to increase account success 
• Leveraging industry, application area, and account knowledge to uncover and influence customer future technical needs and challenges generating further technical demand for NI-Emerson products, services, and support 

This position is compensated by 80% base salary and 20% variable pay based on annual quota attainment. 

• BS degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) 
• 5 years of industry experience 
• 3 years of programming experience 
• 2 years of experience in RF Fundamentals and Measurements 
• Willing and able to travel – Regional and Austin, TX, up to 25% 
• U.S. Citizenship required

• Degree concentration in electrical or computer engineering 
• Experience with LabVIEW, and TestStand, and the PXI platform, including developer certifications 
• English Language Competency and effective oral and written communication skills 
• 5 years of experience in RF Fundamentals and Measurements, Software Engineering concepts, and Automated Measurement Systems  
• Advanced skill in at least one of the following programming languages: LabVIEW, .NET, Python, C++, C#
• ​​​​​​​Advanced skill in FPGA development using VHDL or LabView FPGA
• 2 years of experience in a customer-facing role 
• Experience contributing to organization, account, or engagement strategies 
• Able to integrate business, operational, and interpersonal considerations into technical engagements

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.