Field Applications Engineer 3

Job Title

Field Applications Engineer 3

Role Summary

Senior field applications engineer responsible for technical engagement with customers to enable design wins and successful deployment of FPGA/programmable-logic based solutions. Works across sales, product management, and engineering to deliver hardware/software reference designs, debug complex system issues, and provide product feedback.

Experience Level

Senior — senior individual contributor, typically several years of field applications or systems engineering experience supporting customers.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical customer support, solution development, and cross-team collaboration.

• Engage with customers and partners to understand system requirements and provide technical solutions using company products.
• Develop and deliver reference designs, application demos, evaluation platforms, and proof-of-concept prototypes.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose hardware, firmware, and software issues at the board and system level.
• Provide pre-sales technical support and product evaluations; present technical material to customers and internal teams.
• Work with product management and engineering to communicate customer requirements, report bugs, and propose feature improvements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, application notes, and training materials for customers and field teams.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for effective performance in the role.

• Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles such as field applications, systems engineering, or technical support.
• Strong knowledge of digital logic design, FPGA or programmable-logic devices, and typical tool flows for synthesis, implementation, and timing closure.
• Experience with hardware debugging (oscilloscope, logic analyzer) and board-level bring-up.
• Familiarity with embedded software, device drivers, or firmware development and common interfaces (SPI, I2C, PCIe, Ethernet, USB).
• Ability to create reference designs, application demos, and customer-facing technical collateral.
• Good written and verbal communication skills for technical presentations and reports.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

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.