Applications Engineering Consultant, FPGA Prototyping

Job Title

Applications Engineering Consultant, FPGA Prototyping

Role Summary

Provide technical pre-sales and post-sales support for Siemens FPGA prototyping hardware and software, working with the Americas sales team to drive evaluations, deployments, and customer success. The role involves hands-on deployment, troubleshooting, demos, and product feedback.

Hybrid role based in Austin, TX supporting semiconductor and electronic customers across North America; travel approximately 10%.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 7+ years experience in chip or system design, verification, simulation, emulation, or FPGA prototyping.

Responsibilities

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

• Work with sales and account teams during product evaluations to meet technical milestones.
• Deploy Siemens FPGA prototyping hardware and software at customer sites and remotely.
• Troubleshoot customer issues and remove technical obstacles during evaluations and deployments.
• Deliver technical presentations, demos, and training to customers.
• Collect customer requirements and provide product feedback to engineering and product marketing.
• Build and maintain peer-level technical relationships with customers to ensure long-term satisfaction.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• 7+ years design, verification, simulation, emulation/prototyping experience or recent Applications Engineer experience in a relevant field.
• RTL experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog and/or VHDL and ASIC/FPGA implementation (synthesis, place & route).
• Verification experience with SystemVerilog, SystemC and/or C/C++; experience with simulation tools (Questa/Incisive/VCS).
• Proficient in scripting (Perl, Python, shell, Makefiles) and data formats (XML, JSON).
• Hands-on FPGA design and tools experience (proFPGA, HAPS, Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus) required.
• Experience integrating or extending tools via scripting or APIs; familiarity with EDA tools and design flows.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and map solutions to customer workflows.
• Willingness to travel within North America (~10%).
• Nice-to-have: emulation, static timing analysis, and familiarity with competitive EDA environments.

Education Requirements

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

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.