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Remote Field Service Engineer jobs

5 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Field service engineers install, commission and repair complex equipment at customer sites, such as medical imaging systems, laboratory instruments, semiconductor tools or industrial machinery. The role goes deeper than a technician's: they are responsible for root-cause diagnosis across electrical, mechanical and software subsystems, for acting as the manufacturer's technical representative on site, and for feeding failure data back to design engineering.

About the Field Service Engineer role

What the work looks like

  • Install and commission new systems at customer facilities and run acceptance tests against the manufacturer's specifications.
  • Diagnose failures using schematics, oscilloscopes, system logs and vendor diagnostic software, then repair to component or module level.
  • Perform calibration and preventive maintenance and complete the documentation that regulated customers require.
  • Train customer operators and in-house maintenance staff on correct use and basic troubleshooting.
  • Write service reports and escalate recurring faults to product engineering with data from the field.

What employers ask for

  • Degree in engineering or engineering technology
  • Electrical, mechanical and software troubleshooting
  • Oscilloscopes, multimeters and calibration equipment
  • PLC, networking or embedded systems knowledge
  • Customer communication under downtime pressure
  • Willingness to travel most of the week

Doing this job remotely

Remote means field-based. Engineers work from home between jobs, handle some diagnostics by remote connection to the equipment, and otherwise travel to customer sites in a region that can span several states or involve flights. Living in the territory is required, and on-call or after-hours work is common because customers lose money when equipment is down.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Engineers come from electronics or mechanical engineering programs, military technical specialties, or technician roles on similar equipment. The job leads to senior field engineer, regional service manager, technical support specialist, applications engineer or product roles at the manufacturer.