Solutions Field Application Engineer (North-Midlands, UK)

We are looking for a Solutions Field Application Engineer to join our team supporting customers across the North UK region .

In this role, you will act as a technical partner for customers, suppliers, and internal sales teams, helping to identify customer needs, provide technical guidance, and drive demand creation through Arrow’s engineering and design services. You will combine strong technical knowledge of embedded microcontroller and microprocessor systems, wireless connectivity, and solution selling to support customer designs and build long-term business opportunities.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Working closely with customers across the North UK region to understand their technical needs and identify suitable solutions.

Visiting customers and using conference technology to engage directly with them, typically around 3 days per week, during discovery, design, and support phases.

Driving demand creation by promoting Arrow content on customer designs and using Arrow’s engineering and design services to support customer projects.

Partnering with the sales team on pre-sales and post-sales activities, providing technical support, consulting, and solution recommendations.

Supporting technical discussions with customers, suppliers, sales teams, and other Arrow departments to influence design decisions and secure design wins.

Building and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders within customer and supplier organizations.

Attending supplier trainings, both in person and remotely, to maintain strong knowledge of supplier technologies and market trends.

Participating in strategic branch meetings, QBRs, customer calls, trainings, and engineering customer events.

Supporting strategic technical plans by supplier line or customer solution and contributing to wider Arrow initiatives.

We would be happy to meet candidates who meet the following criteria:

Experience in a Field Application Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role.

Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with embedded microcontroller and microprocessor systems.

Good understanding of wireless connectivity technologies and how they apply to customer solutions.

Ability to work independently, solve complex technical problems, and manage customer and supplier expectations.

Experience supporting sales teams in technical discussions, customer meetings, solution selling, or demand creation activities.

Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to build relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Willingness to travel within the region for customer visits, supplier trainings, and business meetings.

Typically 3–5 years of related experience with a degree, advanced degree, or equivalent work experience.