Field Application Engineer

Our Purpose

TERADYNE: Where experience meets innovation, driving excellence in every possible way. We are fueled by creativity and a diversity of thought across our workforce. Our employees are driven to innovate and learn something new every day. We cultivate a culture of inclusion that respects each employee's strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team — one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results. 

Opportunity Overview

This Field Applications position plays a key customer-facing technical role within the Memory Test Division, supporting advanced memory customers in Israel and the broader region while helping drive successful adoption of the Nextest test platform.

In this role, you will lead customer-facing technical engagements, support complex device bring-up activities, and work closely with local customers, regional field teams, and factory engineering resources. You will help customers successfully introduce next-generation memory devices into production while providing clear technical feedback that influences platform features, methodologies, and best practices.

We are seeking an experienced memory test engineer with deep hands-on expertise, strong customer engagement skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a field-based applications role located in Israel.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements and technical escalations for advanced memory devices, including device bring-up, characterization, and yield ramp at customer sites.
• Develop and deploy robust test program methodologies, characterization flows, and correlation strategies for memory products (e.g., Flash) and protocol-based standards such as PCIe and UFS.
• Partner with Engineering, Marketing, and Product Management to provide customer-driven input into tester hardware and software roadmaps.
• Develop technical demonstrations, documentation, and enablement materials to support customer evaluations, pre-sales activities, and regional field readiness.
• Support cross-functional alignment on feature requirements, system validation, and deployment strategies.
• Act as a trusted technical interface for customers in Israel and the region during evaluation, production ramp, and mass production deployment.
• Drive timely resolution of critical customer issues through structured debug, root cause analysis, and scalable corrective actions.

All About You

We seek individuals who share our passion and determination. Our commitment to customer success drives us to go the extra mile. If you are ready to join us in this mission, please review the minimum criteria for the position below.

Required Education & Experience

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in memory semiconductor ATE engineering
• Proven ability to develop, debug, and correlate memory test programs
• Strong understanding of wafer sort and final test methodologies
  
  

Required Technical Skills

• Proficiency in C/C++ programming for test applications
• Strong hardware and software debugging capabilities
• Hands-on experience testing memory protocols (e.g., PCIe, NVMe, UFS)
  
  

Preferred Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience with Nextest Magnum and/or Advantest memory test platforms
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing test flows
• High-speed serial interface testing experience
• Exposure to emerging or next-generation memory technologies
• Experience working directly with customers in a field applications, customer support, or technical account role
• Prior involvement in customer evaluations, pre-sales support, platform assessments, or regional account support
  
  

Soft Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical mindset with the ability to solve problems independently
• Effective collaboration across customers, regional field teams, engineering, and product organizations
• Ability to build trusted technical relationships internally and externally
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
  
  

Other Requirements

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% internationally, including regular customer-site support within Israel and occasional regional or factory visits
• This is a field-based position located in Israel, with regular on-site support at customer locations
• Candidates must have authorization to work in Israel
  
  
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