Principal Applications Engineering Consultant – FPGA Prototyping Justification
SiemensJob Title
Principal Applications Engineering Consultant – FPGA Prototyping Justification
Role Summary
Lead customer-facing FPGA prototyping evaluations and deployments for Siemens EDA, providing technical leadership across hardware and software environments. Work with Sales, Marketing, and R&D to align customer needs with product capability and to influence product direction.
Operate independently on complex technical engagements and mentor junior engineers.
Experience Level
Senior-level. The posting requests 10+ years of experience in FPGA prototyping or related fields.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership, direct customer support, and hands-on FPGA prototyping work.
- Execute FPGA prototyping tasks: design bring-up, partitioning, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and debug.
- Collaborate with application engineering and customers to run evaluations and provide ongoing technical support.
- Serve as technical interface to customer engineers and managers to define requirements and optimize prototyping and CAD workflows.
- Support deployment and integration of FPGA prototype systems across hardware and software environments.
- Develop and apply data exchange and interoperability methods across tools and platforms.
- Partner with Marketing, Sales, and R&D to align customer needs with product capabilities and influence product direction.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations, demonstrations, and documentation.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; nice-to-have items listed where appropriate.
- Must-have: 10+ years of FPGA prototyping or related experience.
- Must-have: Extensive knowledge of VLSI and digital design.
- Must-have: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
- Must-have: Strong understanding of large-design partitioning and routing across multiple FPGAs.
- Must-have: Experience interfacing with low- and high-speed peripherals.
- Must-have: Proven ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly and to operate independently on complex engagements.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with CAD tool interoperability and customer-facing technical roles.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Electronics Engineering (specified in the posting).
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.
