PMTS Application Engineer (MIPS)

Job Title

PMTS Application Engineer (MIPS)

Role Summary

Customer-facing Field Application Engineer responsible for enabling design wins by aligning customer requirements with MIPS processor IP, software toolchains, and custom silicon solutions. The role supports pre-sales and early development phases and coordinates technical activity between customers, sales, and internal engineering teams.

Experience Level

Senior level. The role requests 7+ years of relevant experience in SoC/ASIC design and architecture.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on pre-sales technical engagement, solution enablement, and cross-team collaboration to drive customer adoption of MIPS solutions.

• Serve as primary technical contact for customers during pre-sales and early development.
• Assist customer engineering teams in evaluating and integrating processor IP and toolchains.
• Provide hands-on guidance on processor IP integration, software toolchains, development environments, and system architecture tradeoffs.
• Support technical discussions and evaluations to secure processor IP licenses, software tools, and custom silicon projects; help transition customers from evaluation to design execution.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues during pre-sales engagements and coordinate timely resolution with internal engineering teams.
• Provide technical input for proposals, RFIs, and customer presentations; translate customer requirements into product/engineering feedback.
• Engage ecosystem partners, run customer workshops, demos, and industry events to position solutions.
• Travel to customer sites and industry events as required (up to ~30%).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate effectiveness in the role.

• Must-have: 7+ years experience in SoC/ASIC design and architecture.
• Must-have: Strong understanding of RISC and DSP processor architectures.
• Must-have: Proven customer-facing pre-sales engineering experience and strong communication/presentation skills.
• Must-have: Ability to troubleshoot across hardware and software domains and coordinate solutions with internal teams.
• Must-have: Willingness to travel for customer engagements and events (up to ~30%).
• Nice-to-have: Experience across SoC design stages (architecture, RTL/Verilog, synthesis, physical design).
• Nice-to-have: Hands-on embedded system design, firmware/software development, or RTL experience.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with DSP algorithms (wireless, LiDAR/RADAR, image processing), AI/ML system requirements, automotive functional safety, and SoC security building blocks.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) is expected; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) preferred. Degrees in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or closely related technical fields are applicable.

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.