Field Application Engineer - AMD/Xilinx

Avnet; California; Presencial; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Avnet seeks an AMD Xilinx dedicated Field Application Engineer to lead FPGA/SoC design discussions with key customers. You will drive technical initiatives, guide design-win strategies, and act as a trusted advisor to system engineers and architects across accounts.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in FPGA/SoC design, strong Vivado/Vitis experience, and proven ability to present, influence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and AMD Xilinx specialists.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of FPGA-based architecture, design and support experience.
• Strong systems-level understanding and ability to guide customers.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in EE/CS; willing to travel.

Responsabilidades

• Drive Xilinx-related initiatives for key customers with TSE alignment.
• Provide technical leadership on design-win strategies for opportunities.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with system engineers and architects.
• Lead technical proposals and collaborate with AMD Xilinx specialists when needed.
• Support customers with IP, tools, RTL, and design bring-up guidance.

Conhecimentos

FPGA design

System-level design

Vivado/Vitis

Presentation skills

Customer engagement

Problem solving

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Ferramentas

Vivado

Vitis

ModelSim

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Who We Are:

At Avnet, relationships matter. We are a global, FORTUNE ® 500 technology distributor and solutions company that delivers design, supply chain and logistics expertise to customers at every stage of a product's lifecycle. Our employees have a front row seat to the latest innovations shaping the world we live in and the future we share. We're driven to help our customers around the world succeed and we do so by earning the trust of some of the biggest names in technology.

Working at Avnet means being a part of a global team. We work collaboratively and with integrity, doing business the right way. For more than a century, we have partnered together to help our customers, suppliers and teammates realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Experience what's next at Avnet!

Job Summary:

Applicants for this position must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. MUST be U.S. Citizen.

As the AMD Xilinx dedicated Field Application Engineer you will be a key member of a technical sales team acting as lead for AMD Xilinx Hardware & Software aspects of our key customers' systems. An ideal candidate for this role will be an enthusiastic and highly motivated technical individual who wants to be marketing the cutting edge of SoC technology and proactively engaged with customers in AMD Xilinx pre- and post-sale design and technical support activities.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Drive and manage Xilinx technical related initiatives & activities for key customers in alignment with the AMD Xilinx dedicated Technical Sales Engineer (TSE)
• Provide technical leadership and guidance that focuses on AMD Xilinx design win strategies for customer opportunities
• Develop relationships with and become trusted advisor to (system) engineers & architects in your assigned key accounts
• Drive the technical part of strategy proposals for key customer programs
• Leverages understanding of known challenges to advise customer designers on the optimum use of Xilinx IP, software tools and hardware devices
• Manage technical support issues within customer base and collaborate/bring in AMD Xilinx technical specialists when required to help solve real time problems (e.g. software tool & IP issues, Design Closure, RTL and simulation assistance, system bring up and debug)
• Collaborate with field and AMD Xilinx factory resources to develop and deliver technical proposals to customer project managers, engineering managers, system architects and design engineers that align with customers' needs
• Lead with technical solution creation to show our value proposition (e.g.: hardware, software demos, example designs)
• Work with 3rd party ecosystem partners to support mutual beneficial custom solutions into the customer base where applicable
• Attend internal and external AMD Xilinx technical training to complete and maintain certification as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Experience:

• Minimum experience required is typically 8+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.

Education and Certification(s):

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years experience FPGA-based architecture definition, design, and support (High Speed Serial IO, Embedded Processor, or DSP knowledge a plus

Required Skills:

• Experience with and understanding at systems level, FPGA and ASIC design tools. Experience with Vivado/Vitis, ISE or Quartus required (ModelSim is a plus)
• Ability to identify a customer's key care-abouts and thus contribute to overall sales strategy and success
• Knowledge of customers' end products including their specific market requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong presentations skills, and the ability to work with multiple groups
• Aptitude to communicate clearly at a high system and deep technical levels
• Organization skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and keep track of activities
• Team player with "can do" attitude

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in designing with AMD Xilinx FPGA's & SoCs (Versal Adaptive SOCs, Virtex, Kintex, Artix & Spartan Class FPGA's, RFSoC, Zynq UltraScale+, & Zynq-7000)
• Knowledge of embedded system design tools such as AMD Xilinx's Vivado & Vitis tools, IP Integrator, or Intel Altera Quartus, and Eclipse based software development environment.
• Knowledge of board design requirements for FPGA's & SoC's including power distribution & dissipation, high speed interface design, and debug.
• Design experience using high performance external memory interface controllers and protocols
• Design experience using FPGA based high-speed serial transceivers
• Embedded processing knowledge - Familiar with x86 a