Senior Field Applications Engineer - NAM (Industrial/Automotive)

GlobalFoundries inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) in Santa Clara, CA, to support pre-sales and customer engagements with Industrial, Automotive, and IDM customers. You will bridge customer requirements with processor IP, software tools, and custom silicon solutions.

The role is customer-facing and requires a strong technical mindset, excellent English communication, and a proven track record in FPGA/SoC environments.

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.
• Design-In & Design Win Support 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.
• Solution Enablement - Help Customers Understand and Implement MIPS’ Value Proposition.
• 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
• Collaboration with Sales & Business Development 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
• Ecosystem & Market Support 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

Skills

Field applications

Pre-sales

Design wins

Customer engagement

SoC/ASIC

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) in Santa Clara, CA, to support pre-sales and customer engagements with Industrial, Automotive, and IDM customers. You will bridge customer requirements with processor IP, software tools, and custom silicon solutions.

The role is customer-facing and requires a strong technical mindset, excellent English communication, and a proven track record in FPGA/SoC environments.