Senior Field Applications Engineer

Job Title

Senior Field Applications Engineer

Role Summary

The Senior Field Applications Engineer (Embedded Solutions Engineer / FAE) provides technical leadership for customers adopting Microchip FPGA solutions. You will support pre-sales and post-sales activities, lead system-architecture and design reviews, and drive design wins to production in collaboration with sales, marketing, and global product teams.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The role expects approximately 5–7+ years of relevant FPGA or embedded-systems experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical engagement with customers across the product lifecycle and internal collaboration to convert designs into revenue.

• Provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support for FPGA solutions; engage across the full client adoption lifecycle.
• Lead system-architecture discussions, board-level schematic reviews, and design-in support to meet FPGA and companion IC requirements.
• Advise on all phases of programmable-logic design: requirements analysis, HDL development (Verilog/VHDL), synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, hardware debug, and tools.
• Support embedded hard- and soft-processor system design and integration with RISC-V or ARM-based CPUs.
• Deliver product training, technical overviews, seminars, and workshops for customers and internal teams.
• Collaborate with global account teams and product divisions to provide customer feedback and influence product roadmap and ROI assessments.
• Manage multiple customer engagements concurrently and drive designs from prototype to production.
• Travel as required: approximately 0%–25%.

Requirements

Essential technical skills and experience required to perform the role.

• Must have: 5–7+ years of FPGA-based design or applications experience; deep knowledge of Verilog or VHDL.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA toolchains such as Libero, Vivado, or Quartus and familiarity with synthesis and simulation EDA tools.
• Experience with high-speed serial interfaces and transceivers (PCIe, DDR3/4, LPDDR3/4, MIPI).
• Embedded processor experience and working knowledge of C and Linux; ability to use software debugging tools and support embedded system bring-up.
• Experience with Microsemi/Microchip, Xilinx, or Intel/Altera FPGA families.
• Strong system-level debugging, problem-solving, communication, and ability to present technical material to customers.
• Ability to manage multiple technical engagements and take ownership of tasks to completion.
• Nice to have: Familiarity with hardware security concepts (secure boot, encryption, key management, PUFs), HSM-based key provisioning, building/customizing Linux images, and prior experience with RISC-V.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in an engineering discipline (for example EEE, ECE, EIC, ETC, or VLSI) is specified in the source posting.

About the Company

Company: Microchip

Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Microchip is a leading semiconductor company focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance the human experience. With a commitment to empowering innovation, Microchip prioritizes the value of its employees by fostering a culture that supports their growth and contributions.