Field Application Engineer – AMD Xilinx

Avnet; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avnet, a global Fortune 500 technology distributor, seeks an AMD Xilinx dedicated Field Application Engineer to join our technical sales team. You will drive Xilinx initiatives, lead design-win strategies, and build trusted relationships with key accounts while delivering technical proposals and demos to illustrate our value proposition.

We require extensive FPGA/SoC knowledge, experience with Vivado/Vitis/Quartus, and a strong background in embedded processing.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with system-level FPGA/ASIC design tools including Vivado, Vitis, ISE or Quartus; ModelSim is a plus.
• Ability to identify customer priorities and contribute to sales outcomes.
• Familiarity with customer end products and market requirements.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability.
• Confident presentation skills and ability to collaborate across groups.
• Clear communication across high-level topics and deep technical discussions.
• Strong organizational abilities, multitasking, prioritization, and tracking multiple activities.
• Team-oriented mindset with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• Experience designing with AMD Xilinx FPGAs/SoCs including Versal, Virtex, Kintex, Artix, Spartan, RFSoC, Zynq UltraScale+, and Zynq-7000.
• Knowledge of embedded design environments such as Vivado, Vitis, IP Integrator, Intel Altera Quartus, and Eclipse-based development tools.
• Understanding of FPGA/SoC board design considerations including power delivery, thermal dissipation, high-speed interfaces, and debug.
• Experience with high-performance memory interface controllers and related protocols.
• Experience with FPGA-based high-speed serial transceivers.
• Embedded processing knowledge including x86 and ARM architectures, Linux, Yocto, BSPs, drivers, and debugging tools.
• Typically 8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelors degree or equivalent, and this is a senior-level sales role.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate Xilinx technical initiatives for key customers in partnership with the dedicated AMD Xilinx Technical Sales Engineer.
• Provide technical leadership focused on design-win strategies for customer opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with systems engineers and architects within our assigned key accounts.
• Develop the technical portion of strategy proposals for major customer programs.
• Apply our understanding of customer challenges to guide the best use of Xilinx IP, software tools, and hardware devices.
• Manage technical support issues within the customer base and involve AMD Xilinx specialists when needed to resolve software, IP, design closure, RTL, simulation, bring-up, and debug issues.
• Collaborate with field and factory resources to create and deliver technical proposals aligned with customer needs.
• Lead technical solution development, including hardware and software demos and example designs, to demonstrate our value proposition.
• Work with third-party ecosystem partners to support mutually beneficial custom solutions where applicable.
• Attend internal and external AMD Xilinx technical training and maintain required certifications.
• Perform other assigned duties as needed.

Skills

FPGA/ASIC tools

Vivado

Vitis

ISE

Quartus

ModelSim

customer focus

analytical thinking

presentation skills

communication skills

organization

multitasking

team collaboration

AMD Xilinx devices

embedded design environments

IP Integrator

Eclipse-based tools

power/thermal design

high-speed interfaces

debug

x86/ARM

Linux/Yocto/BSPs/drivers

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

ISE

Quartus

ModelSim

IP Integrator

Eclipse IDE

Job description

Requirements

Must have:

• We require hands-on experience with system-level FPGA and ASIC design tools, including Vivado, Vitis, ISE, or Quartus; ModelSim experience is a plus.
• We look for the ability to identify customer priorities and contribute to the broader sales approach and outcomes.
• We expect familiarity with customer end products and the market requirements they must satisfy.
• We need strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability.
• We value confident presentation skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple groups.
• We require clear communication skills across both high-level system topics and deep technical discussions.
• We need strong organizational abilities, including multitasking, prioritization, and tracking multiple activities.
• We look for a team-oriented mindset with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• We prefer experience designing with AMD Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs, including Versal, Virtex, Kintex, Artix, Spartan, RFSoC, Zynq UltraScale+, and Zynq-7000 devices.
• We prefer knowledge of embedded design environments such as Vivado, Vitis, IP Integrator, Intel Altera Quartus, and Eclipse-based development tools.
• We prefer understanding of FPGA and SoC board design considerations, including power delivery, thermal dissipation, high-speed interfaces, and debug.
• We prefer experience with high-performance external memory interface controllers and related protocols.
• We prefer experience with FPGA-based high-speed serial transceivers.
• We prefer embedded processing knowledge, including x86 and ARM architectures, performance metrics, Linux, Yocto, BSPs, drivers, and debugging tools.
• We require typically 8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelors degree or equivalent, and this is a senior-level sales role.
• We require a bachelors degree or equivalent experience that provides comparable knowledge and job skills.
• We require authorization to work for any employer in the U.S. and we cannot sponsor or transfer visa sponsorship at this time.

Responsibilities:

• We drive and coordinate Xilinx technical initiatives for key customers in partnership with the dedicated AMD Xilinx Technical Sales Engineer.
• We provide technical leadership focused on design-win strategies for customer opportunities.
• We build trusted relationships with systems engineers and architects within our assigned key accounts.
• We develop the technical portion of strategy proposals for major customer programs.
• We apply our understanding of customer challenges to guide the best use of Xilinx IP, software tools, and hardware devices.
• We manage technical support issues within the customer base and involve AMD Xilinx specialists when needed to resolve software, IP, design closure, RTL, simulation, bring-up, and debug issues.
• We collaborate with field and factory resources to create and deliver technical proposals aligned with customer needs.
• We lead technical solution development, including hardware and software demos and example designs, to demonstrate our value proposition.
• We work with third-party ecosystem partners to support mutually beneficial custom solutions where applicable.
• We attend internal and external AMD Xilinx technical training and maintain required certifications.
• We perform other assigned duties as needed.

Company:

We are Avnet, a global Fortune 500 technology distributor and solutions company that delivers design, supply chain, and logistics expertise across every stage of the product lifecycle. We operate as a collaborative, integrity-driven team and have spent more than a century helping customers, suppliers, and teammates realize the possibilities of technology. In this role, we are seeking an AMD Xilinx dedicated Field Application Engineer to join our technical sales team and support key customers with pre- and post-sales design and technical guidance. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, including generous paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plans, family support, medical and insurance coverage, savings accounts, education assistance, employee development resources, wellness programs, leadership development, and mentorship opportunities. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equal opportunity workplace.