Principal Field Applications Engineer

Job Title

Principal Field Applications Engineer

Role Summary

Senior Field Applications Engineer within Arm's sales organization supporting partners in Taiwan. Acts as the technical lead for pre-sales activities (licensing, design-win, IP deployment) and as the technical account liaison for post-sales support provided by Applications Engineering.

The role engages partner engineers and decision-makers to drive adoption of Arm IP and software enablement, informs product and ecosystem direction, and represents Arm in regional technical forums and customer engagements.

Experience Level

Senior (Principal). Years of experience not specified.

Responsibilities

Accountable for technical pre-sales, partner engagement, and regional ecosystem development. Key responsibilities include:

• Act as the technical lead to support licensing, design-win, and IP deployment discussions.
• Collaborate with government-facing teams and regional partners to shape ecosystem development aligned with Arm's roadmap.
• Represent Arm's technology vision at regional events, technical forums, and customer workshops.
• Provide technical consultancy to customers, primarily in data center and automotive sectors.
• Drive adoption of Arm IP portfolio: compute subsystems, GPUs, system IP, and software enablement tools.
• Identify deeper collaboration opportunities with IC design houses, ODMs/OEMs, and cloud partners.
• Provide regular insights on competitive landscape and regional market trends to business unit and sales teams.
• Serve as the local technical liaison for regional strategic engagements and R&D; coordinate post-sales support activities delivered by Applications Engineering teams.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• Proven experience in digital design, SoC development, software architecture, or application engineering.
• Strong working knowledge of Arm CPU/GPU/subsystem IP, development tools, and SoC integration processes.
• Demonstrated customer-facing pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to engineering and business stakeholders.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to relocate and be based in Malaysia for the duration of the assignment.

Nice-to-have:

• Prior experience in regional assignments or ecosystem development projects.
• Knowledge of regional data center trends, automotive electrification, and AI compute workloads.
• Established network within local IC design, OEM/ODM, or government-linked tech ecosystems.
• Familiarity with Southeast Asia technology market dynamics.

Education Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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.