Application Engineer

About the job
Join our team as a application engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in helping customers succeed with our cutting-edge products. In this position, you'll debug customer issues, create reference designs and evaluation modules, and develop technical documentation, including user guides and application notes. You'll also provide expert support through forums and email, assist with design-in activities, and contribute to datasheet reviews to ensure the robustness of the product. We're looking for candidates with a degree in electrical engineering, experience in schematic and layout design (Altium preferred), and a strong understanding of power and analog circuits. Proficiency with lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes and soldering tools, is essential, while experience with C/C++ and LabVIEW is a plus. If you're a proactive problem-solver with excellent communication skills and a passion for collaboration, we want to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
- Debug customer-related issues by recreating problems on evaluation or customer boards, and provide solutions to their technical challenges.
- Create reference designs, evaluation modules (EKs), and demonstration systems to showcase product capabilities and solve customer problems.
- Write user guides, application notes, design notes, and white papers to explain product use cases and help customers succeed.
- Answer technical questions via forums and email, and assist with design-in activities for both released and new products.
- Participate in datasheet reviews and provide application-level feedback on new silicon to ensure product robustness and feasibility considering external components and PCB design.
Qualification and skills
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or similar
- 0-3 years of relevant work experience
- Experience with schematic and layout design using tools like Altium is important for reviewing and creating designs.
- A strong understanding of power and analog circuits (DCDC converters, op-amps, and data converters) is necessary
- Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and soldering is essential for testing and debugging.
- Experience working with embedded systems, C/C++, and LabVIEW is a plus
Personal Skills
We are seeking a highly skilled professional with excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, to clearly convey complex technical information. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of systems-level design and problem-solving, along with the ability to work independently, take initiative, and collaborate effectively within a team-oriented environment.
Working for Nordic
Working at Nordic, you will be inspired and supported to develop yourself. Our teams enjoy a professional and informal working environment. We value and encourage the continuous development of skills and expertise to the highest levels. We are proud of our Norwegian heritage, our highly skilled international workforce, and our world-leading innovation.
We offer a variety of tasks and projects, and the possibility to work alongside some of the world’s most renowned experts within their field. We encourage our employees to question the established and innovate while expecting professionalism, commitment, and the will to learn.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with short- and long-term incentive plan
- Flexible working hours
- Medical insurance
- Family-friendly policies, insurances, and benefits
Practical details
- Location: Oulu, Finland
Please note that this position might be subject to a background check.
- Department
- BU PMIC - Product Management
- Locations
- Oulu
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Level of seniority
- Early-in-career
- Field of expertise
- Engineering
- Application deadline
- November 16, 2025
About Nordic Semiconductor
Nordic Semiconductor is a Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless communication technology that powers the Internet of Things (IoT). Nordic was established in 1983 and has about 1400 employees across the globe. Our award-winning Bluetooth Low Energy solutions pioneered ultra-low power wireless, making us the global market leader. Our technology range was later supplemented by ANT+, Thread and Zigbee, and in 2018 we launched our low power, compact LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular IoT solutions to extend the penetration of the IoT. The Nordic portfolio was further complemented by Wi-Fi technology in 2021.
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