SMTS - Field Application Engineer

Job Title

SMTS - Field Application Engineer

Role Summary

Provide customer-facing technical leadership for APAC (Taiwan) customers to drive new design wins and support successful tape-outs and NPI using GlobalFoundries technologies. Coordinate internal teams (CAE, product marketing, technology development, sales) to ensure first-time-right designs and smooth post-design-win transitions.

Experience Level

Senior-level — minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include driving design wins, coordinating tape-out activities, and providing technical support across the product lifecycle.

• Drive technology demonstrations, evaluations and the design-win acquisition strategy.
• Serve as the single technical interface to customers and coordinate all technical sales interactions.
• Develop customized technical presentations and proposals to support customer evaluations.
• Partner with CAE, account managers and customer engineers to solve problems through design-in and post-tape-out.
• Lead customer design reviews and mock tape-outs; define MPW/test-chip requirements prior to tape-out.
• Manage tape-out logistics and readiness (export control, IP declaration, frame tables) and resolve tape-out obstacles.
• Coordinate silicon functionality verification, performance validation, and design-margin analysis.
• Collect and drive closure of technical gaps; provide real-time customer feedback to product and technology teams.
• Support post-design-win transition to customer engineering and meet design-win, tape-out and MPW goals.

Requirements

Key qualifications and skills for this role. Education requirements are summarized separately below.

• Must-have: 10+ years in semiconductor industry with end-to-end experience from concept to silicon validation; exposure to IC product design and IP; working knowledge of design enablement flows and tools; solid understanding of silicon processing and device physics; strong analytical, project management, technical presentation and communication skills; sales aptitude and customer-facing experience.
• Preferred: Prior experience in a foundry or closely with foundry processes; demonstrated success coordinating tape-out logistics and NPI activities.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience. Related technical degrees or equivalent hands-on semiconductor experience are acceptable.

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.