Director Application Engineering

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 163,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a proven Field Application Engineering leader to build and lead a high-performing team of FAEs across strategic US accounts, driving design-win strategy and shaping technology roadmaps.

You will work at the intersection of technology, business, and customer success, requiring deep semiconductor expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear business outcomes that accelerate revenue and customer success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
• Experience leading customer-facing technical organizations.
• Strong communication and executive engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a field application engineering organization for strategic US accounts.
• Drive design-win strategy and customer engagement.
• Shape technology roadmaps with engineering and business teams.
• Build trusted executive-level relationships with customers.

Skills

Leadership

Executive engagement

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

About GlobalFoundries:

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Summary of Role:

This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the future of semiconductor innovation by leading GlobalFoundries' Field Application Engineering organization supporting some of the industry's most strategic customers. The successful candidate will build and develop a high-performing team of FAEs, driving technical engagement, customer success, and design win strategy across emerging markets including AI infrastructure, silicon photonics, advanced packaging, networking, mobile, and power technologies. Serving as a critical link between customers, engineering, and business teams, this leader will influence technology roadmaps, accelerate revenue growth, remove technical barriers, and develop trusted executive-level relationships. The ideal candidate combines deep semiconductor expertise with proven people leadership, strategic thinking, and a passion for mentoring talent, while translating complex technical solutions into business outcomes that create long-term customer and company success.

Essential Responsibilities:

Help Shape the Future of Semiconductor Innovation

GlobalFoundries is looking for a proven Field Application Engineering leader to drive technical engagement and design win strategy across our most strategic U.S. accounts.

This role sits at the intersection of technology, business, and customer success. You will lead a team of Field Application Engineers responsible for helping customers solve complex challenges, accelerating design wins, shaping technology roadmaps, and converting opportunities into long-term revenue growth.

You will partner with some of the world's most innovative technology companies and work across AI infrastructure, mobile, networking, silicon photonics, advanced packaging, and power.

What You'll Do

Lead and Inspire

• Build, develop, and lead a world-class team of Field Application Engineers supporting GF's largest strategic accounts.
• Create a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and customer obsession.
• Coach and develop future technical leaders while raising the talent bar across the organization.

Drive Growth

• Partner with Account Managers to identify, qualify, and advance new business opportunities.
• Lead the technical strategy behind design wins and major customer engagements.
• Influence customer roadmaps and align GF's differentiated solutions to future market opportunities.
• Translate customer requirements into business opportunities that drive growth and market share.

Deliver Customer Success

• Lead customer engagements frominitialevaluation throughtapeout, production ramp, and lifecycle support.
• Anticipate and remove technical barriers that could impact customer success.
• Drive disciplined opportunity management, forecasting, and design win execution.

Build Strategic Relationships

• Develop trusted partnerships with engineering, architecture, product, operations, and executive leaders.
• Serve as a senior technical ambassador for GlobalFoundries.
• Represent GF at key customer engagements, industry events, and executive briefings.

What Makes You Successful

• Think strategically and act with urgency.
• Uncover opportunities others miss.
• Build credibility across engineering and executive audiences.
• Translate complex technologies into compelling business outcomes.
• Lead through influence, collaboration, and accountability.
• Develop people, raise performance expectations, and create winning teams.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineeringor related technical discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
• Experience leading customer-facing technical organizations.
• Deep understanding of semiconductor technologies, foundry ecosystems, design flows, and design-win processes.
• Proven success supporting strategic accounts.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and executive engagement skills.

Preferred Experience

• Silicon Photonics
• Advanced Packaging
• AI Infrastructure
• RF and Connectivity
• Power and Mixed Signal Technologies
• Hyperscale and Cloud Customers

Why GlobalFoundries

At GlobalFoundries,you'llhave the opportunity to work with the world's leading technology companies while helping shape the next generation of semiconductor innovation.

Expected Salary Range

$163,000.00 - $264,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law