PMTS Application Engineering (MIPS)

Job Title

PMTS Application Engineering (MIPS)

Role Summary

Field Application Engineer supporting customer engagements in Korea for MIPS processor IP, software tools, and custom silicon solutions. This is a customer-facing, technical individual contributor role focused on enabling design wins during pre-sales and early development.

Experience Level

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

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities during pre-sales and early development to enable customer adoption of MIPS solutions.

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers during pre-sales and early development phases.
• Support customer teams evaluating and adopting processor IP, toolchains, development environments, and system architecture choices.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues and coordinate fixes with internal engineering teams.
• Provide technical input for proposals, RFIs, evaluations, and customer presentations to secure design wins for IP licenses, tools, and custom silicon.
• Support ecosystem partner engagements, customer workshops, demos, and industry events.
• Travel as needed to support customers (up to ~30%).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed separately.

• 7+ years experience in SoC/ASIC design and architecture (must-have).
• Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles and pre-sales engineering (must-have).
• Good understanding of RISC and DSP processor architectures (must-have).
• Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to translate customer requirements for product and engineering teams (must-have).
• Ability to troubleshoot system-level hardware and software issues and to work with internal teams to resolve them (must-have).
• Preferred: experience across SoC design stages (architecture, RTL/Verilog, synthesis, physical design); embedded system design, firmware/software development, DSP algorithms, AI/ML system design, functional safety and security concepts.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) is stated; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) is preferred.

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.