Applications Engineer 4

Job Title

Applications Engineer 4

Role Summary

Factory-based Applications Engineer supporting high-speed IPs, FPGA designs and manufacturing partners. Member of the IP Product Enablement team responsible for resolving technical issues between customers and the factory and delivering reliable, production-ready solutions.

Work focuses on bring-up, validation, support for vendors and customers, and enabling products from architecture through market release and customer support.

Experience Level

Senior — requires 8+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include technical enablement, debugging, and cross-functional support for FPGA-based products in the factory and with customers.

• Support high-speed IPs, FPGA designs and factory vendors; act as technical liaison between customers and manufacturing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and firmware issues during bring-up and production.
• Perform validation, timing closure support, and signal-integrity analysis as needed for product release.
• Develop and execute test plans and diagnostics; use oscilloscopes, signal analyzers and lab equipment for debugging.
• Participate across product lifecycle: architecture, specification, documentation, market release and customer support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, QA, manufacturing, support) and work independently when required.

Requirements

Summarized must-have and nice-to-have technical qualifications.

• Must-have
  • Hands-on FPGA and/or firmware bring-up and debugging using oscilloscopes and signal analyzers.
  • Expertise with FPGA design flows and RTL languages (Verilog and/or VHDL).
  • Proven experience delivering revenue-generating hardware products and participating across product development.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • Right to work in Malaysia and successful background/reference checks required.
• Nice-to-have
  • Experience in image/video processing, memory standards or high-speed interfaces.
  • Familiarity with physical interface standards (e.g., SSTL, HSTL, LVSTL, HSUL).
  • Experience with timing closure, PLL/DLL design strategies and signal integrity.
  • Hands-on RTL development and verification experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) is specified; the posting requires 8+ years of experience. No alternative-equivalent wording provided.

About the Company

Company: Lattice Semiconductor

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA

Lattice Semiconductor specializes in low power, small-form-factor programmable logic devices and solutions. The company is known for its innovative technology that enables a wide range of applications, including communication, consumer, and industrial markets.