Principal FAE

Job Title

Principal FAE

Role Summary

The Principal Field Applications Engineer (FAE) is a senior technical role in North America Sales that leads customer engagements for Arm IP with an emphasis on SoC-level and Compute Subsystem architecture. The role supports strategic and emerging silicon partners to enable successful SoC designs and provides technical feedback to influence product direction.

Experience Level

Senior — 10+ years of relevant experience in SoC design, semiconductor IP, EDA tools, or customer-facing technical roles.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as senior technical advisor to silicon partners and customers.
• Support SoC design and system integration across CPU, GPU, NPU, and System IP.
• Provide guidance on IP selection, configuration, and system-level integration.
• Lead technical discussions on power, performance, scalability, and system architecture.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cross‑IP technical issues with product and engineering teams.
• Support Arm Compute Subsystems (CSS) and platform-based design approaches.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product Marketing, Support, and Engineering to drive design wins.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and skills:

• 10+ years of experience in SoC design, semiconductor IP, EDA tools, or customer-facing technical roles.
• Proven system-integration understanding of CPU, GPU, NPU, and System IP.
• System-level knowledge of memory hierarchy, cache coherency, and multi‑IP SoC design.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills; able to lead technical discussions independently.
• Prior Field Applications Engineering or technical sales experience.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Arm-specific IPs and subsystems (Mali, Ethos, CoreLink, CoreSight).
• Experience influencing product direction through customer insight and technical feedback.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.