Applications Engineer – FPGA Prototyping

Job Title

Applications Engineer – FPGA Prototyping

Role Summary

The Applications Engineer for FPGA Prototyping provides hands‑on technical support to sales and customers for Siemens FPGA prototyping hardware and software. The role focuses on product evaluations, deployments, demonstrations, troubleshooting, and feeding customer requirements back to product teams to improve customer productivity and satisfaction.

This hybrid position is based in San Diego, CA and works with regional sales teams across the Americas. The role requires occasional travel across North America (approximately 10%) and is subject to U.S. export control (ITAR/EAR) requirements.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 5+ years of relevant experience in design, verification, simulation, emulation/prototyping of electronic chips and systems or equivalent Applications Engineer experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical sales support, customer deployments, and product feedback.

• Work with customers and sales teams during product evaluations to meet technical milestones.
• Deploy and configure Siemens FPGA prototyping hardware and software on-site and remotely.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and remove obstacles to customer success.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations, demos, and trainings for customers.
• Capture customer technical requirements and provide feedback to product development and marketing teams.
• Build and maintain peer-level technical relationships with customer engineering teams.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and attributes.

• Strong RTL experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, and VHDL.
• ASIC and/or FPGA implementation experience (synthesis, place & route).
• Verification and simulation experience (SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++; familiarity with Questa/Incisive/VCS, OVM or UVM).
• Proficiency with scripting (Perl, Python, shell scripting, Makefiles) and common data formats (XML, JSON).
• Industry experience with FPGA design and FPGA tool flows (proFPGA, HAPS, Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus) — explicitly required.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills; ability to deliver trainings and demos.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 10% within North America.
• Nice-to-have: experience with emulation and static timing analysis; competitive, results-driven attitude.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (BS or MS in EE, CE, CS or related areas).

About the Company

Company: Siemens

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Siemens EDA is a leading global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products and systems. Their innovative solutions enable companies to enhance the development of electronic products efficiently and effectively, keeping pace with the complex demands of technology and physics. Siemens is committed to delivering advanced workflow solutions that integrate both EDA and MCAD tools for multi-domain design and manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.