Field Applications Engineer IV

Job Title

Field Applications Engineer IV

Role Summary

Senior technical role providing application support and design enablement for customers using Lattice Semiconductor products. The role partners with sales, product engineering, and customers to deliver system-level solutions, troubleshoot designs, and accelerate product adoption.

Primary mission: drive successful customer deployments through pre-sales support, design consultation, lab validation, and cross-functional feedback to product teams.

Experience Level

Senior — typically a seasoned engineer (approximately 8+ years of relevant experience) with extensive field/customer-facing and FPGA/SoC design experience.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on customer technical engagement, design enablement, and problem resolution.

• Provide pre-sales technical support and product demonstrations to customers and partners.
• Collaborate with customers to define requirements, create reference designs, and integrate Lattice devices into systems.
• Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and FPGA issues during bring-up and validation.
• Develop test plans, perform lab characterization, and reproduce customer issues in-house.
• Create technical collateral: application notes, reference designs, test reports, and training materials.
• Work with internal product, application, and QA teams to escalate and resolve product issues and provide feature feedback.
• Occasional travel to customer sites and partner locations for on-site support and training.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience required for the role.

• Proven experience with FPGA/PLD design and system integration.
• Strong RTL design skills (Verilog or VHDL) and familiarity with synthesis and timing closure.
• Experience with board-level bring-up, signal integrity basics, and high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, USB as applicable).
• Ability to debug hardware and firmware interactions; experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG tools.
• Proficiency with scripting or programming for test automation (Python, TCL, or similar).
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills and ability to translate technical requirements into designs.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and document technical outcomes clearly.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with low-power design techniques, power sequencing, or domain-specific protocols.
• Prior field applications or pre-sales engineering experience in semiconductor or embedded systems companies.

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.