Senior RF & Photonics Field Applications Engineer

GlobalFoundries; Santa Clara (TX); On-site; USD 99,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking an experienced Field Application Engineer (FAE) to engage with RF and Photonics customers early, assess technical needs, and identify the GF solution that best satisfies those needs, driving opportunities toward tapeout and revenue.

The FAE will work cross-functionally with internal GF experts, account managers, and product marketing to create compelling technical proposals and to help customers develop industry-winning products in a competitive market.

Qualifications

• Education – Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical engineering or equivalent (e.g. applied physics, etc).
• Experience – Minimum 10 yrs in semiconductor design, tapeout and process.
• Skills – IC chip design flows and tools from architectural definition through performance characterization for RF and Photonics technologies. Technical Program Management, active thinking, positive attitude, problem solving, strong responsibility and ownership, teamwork and personal communication skills are critical.
• Travel - Up to 20%, primarily domestic with some international travel.
• Fluency in English Language – written & verbal

Responsibilities

• Engage customers to understand their technical needs towards the development of their semiconductor IC products.
• Assess the competitive landscape to identify and advocate winning GF value propositions.
• Partner internally with GF account managers, product marketing, and technical experts in the creation of compelling, application specific presentations to describe how GF technology solutions can help those customers develop their industry winning products.
• Work closely with the account management team to merge technical and commercial terms into a design-winning proposal.
• Identify and resolve all issues / concerns to convert the DWIN into product Tapeout.
• Where competitive gaps exist, advocate internally for improved features and capabilities of GF solutions to close such gaps.

Skills

RF & Photonics design

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Ownership & accountability

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking an experienced Field Application Engineer (FAE) to engage with RF and Photonics customers early, assess technical needs, and identify the GF solution that best satisfies those needs, driving opportunities toward tapeout and revenue.

The FAE will work cross-functionally with internal GF experts, account managers, and product marketing to create compelling technical proposals and to help customers develop industry-winning products in a competitive market.