Senior Technical Staff, Field Applications Engineering

Job Title

Senior Technical Staff, Field Applications Engineering

Role Summary

Senior technical lead responsible for customer-facing engagements supporting Security IC, MCU, and Display Driver IC markets. Owns complex technical opportunities and supports design-win execution in collaboration with sales, product marketing, design enablement, and technology development teams.

Acts as a trusted technical advisor to customers, translating system and product requirements into GF technology, IP, and process recommendations while identifying technical risks and enablement gaps.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8–12 years of semiconductor industry experience.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level technical support across customer engagements and drive execution toward design wins.

• Serve as senior technical interface to customers in Security IC, MCU, and DDIC domains.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations, proposals, and tailored solution recommendations.
• Capture and translate customer product requirements, constraints, schedules, and competitive alternatives into clear technical plans.
• Coordinate technical discussions between customer engineering teams and internal GF experts; track and resolve technical issues.
• Support design-in activities from initial evaluation through tapeout readiness and post-design validation.
• Drive technical actions for design-win closure and partner with account managers to align technology and business objectives.
• Support demonstrations, benchmark analysis, and development of value propositions; identify technical risks and enablement gaps.
• Monitor market and technology trends and provide competitive/customer feedback to internal product and technology teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Design Enablement, Technology Development, Quality, and Operations.
• Follow safety, environmental, and confidentiality requirements; travel to customer sites and GF fabs (~30%).

Requirements

Must-have experience and skills required to perform the role.

• 8–12 years of semiconductor experience in areas such as IC design, system design, foundry customer interface, application engineering, or IC/system test.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor process technologies, design rules, design enablement flows, IP, PDKs, and EDA tools.
• Proven track record supporting customer design-in activities, technical evaluations, or design-win execution.
• Excellent technical communication, presentation, organization, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work effectively across global and cross-functional teams and to travel internationally (~30%).
• Customer-facing mindset with sales aptitude and ability to translate technical capability into customer value.

Preferred (nice-to-have):

• Experience with Security ICs (secure element, payment, ID, eSIM), MCU platforms (automotive, industrial, IoT), or DDIC/display driver technologies.
• Experience with embedded NVM (e.g., eFlash, MRAM), automotive-grade requirements, reliability qualification, or high-voltage analog/BCD technologies.
• Ability to connect process/device capability to system-level customer value.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.