Applications Engineering Consultant — FPGA Prototyping

Job Title

Applications Engineering Consultant — FPGA Prototyping

Role Summary

Provide hands-on technical selling, deployment, and customer support for Siemens FPGA prototyping hardware and software to customers in the Americas. Work with sales, account teams, and product teams to drive evaluations, deployments, training, and long-term customer success.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 7+ years of relevant experience in design, verification, simulation, emulation or prototyping of electronic chips and systems or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary duties focus on technical customer engagement, solution deployment, and feedback to product teams.

• Support sales during technical evaluations and ensure technical milestones are met.
• Deploy and configure Siemens FPGA prototyping software and hardware for customers on-site and remotely.
• Troubleshoot customer issues, debug RTL designs, and remove technical obstacles to deployments.
• Deliver technical presentations, demos, and training to customers and internal teams.
• Collaborate with account teams and product marketing to map customer requirements to Siemens solutions.
• Collect and relay customer feedback and product ideas to development teams.
• Build peer-level technical relationships with customer engineers and stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• RTL design experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog or VHDL and FPGA/ASIC implementation (synthesis, place & route).
• Verification and simulation experience (SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++); RTL debug and simulation workflows.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl, shell scripts, Makefiles) and familiarity with XML/JSON.
• Hands-on industry FPGA tool experience (proFPGA, HAPS, Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus) is required.
• Experience with simulation tools (Questa/Incisive/VCS), UVM/OVM, emulation and static timing analysis is a plus.
• Ability to extend or integrate tools via scripting or APIs and to articulate cross-platform solutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; proven ability to build customer relationships and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Willingness to travel across North America as required (~10%).

Education Requirements

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.