Field Applications Engineer – Processor IP & Custom Silicon

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 254,000; Full time

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Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) to support customer engagements and drive design wins by aligning customer requirements with MIPS’ product portfolio, including processor IP, software tools and custom silicon solutions.

You will lead pre-sales activities, deliver architecture reviews and product demonstrations, and collaborate across sales, engineering and ecosystem partners to position GF/MIPS solutions in Industrial, Automotive, and IDM markets in North America.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in an engineering discipline or similar.
• 10+ years in Field Application Engineering, Applications Engineering or Design Engineering.
• Experience in Semiconductor IP, SoC/ASIC development, or embedded systems, Industrial, Automotive, or IDM electronics or related markets.
• Proven track record supporting customer engagements and design wins.
• Strong understanding of Industrial, automotive, or IDM electronic architectures (MCUs, SoCs, domain/zonal controllers).
• Familiarity with: Processor architectures, Embedded software development (compilers, SDKs, OS) and System-level design and integration.
• Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently in a field-based role.
• Hands-on technical mindset with strong debugging capability.
• Ability to bridge technical depth with customer business needs.
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical interface for customers during pre-sales and early development phases
• Conduct customer presentations, architectural reviews and product demonstrations
• Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions
• Provide technical guidance on: Processor IP integration, Software toolchains and development environments and System architecture considerations
• Drive design-in activities at assigned customers and design houses
• Support technical discussions to secure design wins for: CPU IP licensing, custom silicon programs and software solutions. Assist customers in transitioning from evaluation to implementation.
• Open RISC‑V architecture flexibility
• Multi-threaded, high-performance compute
• High-performance scalable Neural processors
• Functional safety-ready solutions
• Support system-level optimization for performance, power and cost
• Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creation and closure
• Provide technical input to proposals, RFIs, and customer presentations
• Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams
• Support engagement with ecosystem partners (software, EDA, design services)
• Participate in customer workshops, demos, and industry events
• Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem in NAM
• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Skills

Customer engagement

Design win support

Technical problem solving

Communication with customers

Independent field-based work

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in engineering

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) to support customer engagements and drive design wins by aligning customer requirements with MIPS’ product portfolio, including processor IP, software tools and custom silicon solutions.

You will lead pre-sales activities, deliver architecture reviews and product demonstrations, and collaborate across sales, engineering and ecosystem partners to position GF/MIPS solutions in Industrial, Automotive, and IDM markets in North America.