Principal Field Application Engineer - Edge AI

Job Title

Principal Field Application Engineer - Edge AI

Role Summary

Senior technical leader in Sales responsible for supporting strategic partners to integrate Arm technologies, with a focus on Edge AI. Acts as a trusted advisor to customer architects and engineering leaders to drive design wins, product adoption, and successful deployments.

Works cross-functionally with Partner Managers, Product Management, Engineering, and Applications teams to influence architecture and product strategy and to provide market and technical feedback to Arm.

Experience Level

Senior (Principal). The posting identifies this as a senior technical and customer-facing role; no specific years-of-experience requirement is stated.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Act as the primary technical advisor for strategic partner accounts and build relationships with architects and engineering leadership.
• Lead technical engagements to support licensing, design wins, and successful deployment of Arm-based solutions.
• Provide system-level architectural guidance for Arm-based SoCs and platforms, including CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, compute subsystems, system IP, and software toolchains.
• Advise on IP selection, configuration, integration, and optimization for power, performance, scalability, and time-to-market.
• Support customers from architecture definition and design evaluation through implementation and deployment.
• Drive adoption via technical presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and executive-level briefings.
• Coordinate cross-functional resolution of complex technical issues with product, engineering, and support teams.
• Collect and communicate customer feedback, market insights, and competitive intelligence to influence product roadmap and strategy.

Requirements

Must-have technical experience and skills:

• Proven experience in semiconductor/SoC design, system architecture, field applications, technical consulting, or solutions engineering.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, system integration, hardware/software interactions, memory subsystems, cache coherency, interconnects, and multi‑IP designs.
• Practical experience with Arm-based systems, including processors, NPUs/AI accelerators, GPUs, compute modules, system IP, development tools, and SoC integration methodologies.
• Customer-facing experience (Field Applications Engineering, technical sales, or similar) with ability to lead technical discussions and influence decisions.
• Ability to work independently, coordinate across functions, and drive technical strategies with Sales and Product teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Must have the right to work in the United States without sponsorship for this role.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• Experience with Arm Compute Subsystems (CSS), AI/ML accelerators, graphics technologies, or advanced SoC architectures.
• Experience developing or supporting Edge AI solutions and AI/ML workloads on embedded and edge platforms.
• Familiarity with semiconductor IP licensing models and ecosystem-based solution development.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills for both technical and business audiences.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is listed as required. A Master’s degree in EE/CE/CS or related field is noted as preferred. The posting allows equivalent practical experience in place of formal degrees.

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.