Applications Engineer – Atlas Explorer

GlobalFoundries Netherlands Holding, Branch Belgium; Haasrode; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a talented Applications Engineer to help build an innovative software performance tuning application for MIPS RISC-V microprocessors. You will support customers during onboarding, ongoing use, and troubleshooting, and work with cross‑functional teams to grow adoption of our hybrid simulation solution.

You will contribute to design, development, testing, and performance analysis, create demos, and champion new features while learning advanced frameworks and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• Strong programming fundamentals and experience supporting customers or developers.
• Interest in developer tools, IDEs, simulation solutions, or extensions.
• Curiosity about computer architecture, RISC-V, and performance tuning.
• Good problem-solving, persistence, and willingness to troubleshoot.
• Ability to learn new frameworks, APIs, and engineering practices quickly.
• Clear communication and collaborative mindset.
• Passion for building useful tools for developers.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, development, and maintenance of application features meeting customer needs.
• Collaborate with engineers and customers to improve the product’s capabilities.
• Learn testing, debugging, and performance analysis to ensure reliability.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute ideas for code quality.
• Support customer adoption by integrating with their software workflows.
• Create demos and assist product marketing in evangelizing the solution.
• Use the tools as a customer advocate for new features and use cases.

Skills

Programming fundamentals

Customer support

Open-source

Developer tools

RISC-V

Simulation

Performance tuning

Problem solving

Communication

Education

EE/CE degree

Tools

Simulation platform

Job description

About GF GlobalFoundries® Inc. (GF®) is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF redefines innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions with leading performance in all growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development and manufacturing services. With a talented and diverse team and manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology provider to its global customers. GF employs approximately 13,000 people, including more than 3,000 in Dresden, Germany. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Introduction

We are looking for a talented, motivated Applications Engineer who is excited to grow with our team while helping us build an innovative software performance tuning application for MIPS RISC-V microprocessors. In this role, you will support customers and business development teams grow the use cases and adoption of our pre-silicon, pre-rtl simulation solution. You will also have opportunities to work directly with customers during onboarding, support, and troubleshooting, with guidance from experienced engineers. We are building a very exciting solution that will allow our customers to accurately tune software performance long before hardware becomes available by using an advanced hybrid simulation tool that combines instruction set simulation with microarchitectural models of microprocessor pipelines and advanced visualization tools. Our solution does not end there. We will also take advantage of the advanced debug and trace capabilities in the hardware to further tune software once the hardware is available in FPGA or silicon. If you are curious, driven, eager to learn, and excited by software development, microprocessor architecture, performance analysis, and tools that improve developer productivity, we want to hear from you!

Your Job

• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of application features that address customer needs, improve workflows, and enhance the overall customer experience.
• Collaborate with engineers, cross-functional teams, and customers to understand requirements and identify opportunities to improve the application’s capabilities.
• Learn and apply testing, debugging, and performance analysis techniques to help ensure reliability, performance, and compatibility.
• Participate in code reviews, learn from feedback, and contribute constructive ideas to improve code quality and team practices.
• Support customer adoption of the tools and platform, integrating with their software development flows.
• Create demos and support product marketing teams evangelize solution.
• Use the tools as a customer and champion for new features and use cases that can be unlocked.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related equivalent.
• Strong programming fundamentals and hands-on experience supporting customers, open-source contributions, or professional development teams work.
• Interest in developer tools, IDEs, application frameworks, extensions, plugins, or simulation solutions.
• Curiosity about computer architecture, RISC-V, simulation, performance tuning, or low-level software systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, persistence, and a willingness to troubleshoot unfamiliar technical challenges.
• Ability to learn new frameworks, APIs, architectures, and engineering best practices quickly.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Passion for learning, building useful tools, and creating software that helps developers be more productive.

Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/careers/opportunities-in-europe/

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