Staff Field Applications Engineer

Job Title

Staff Field Applications Engineer

Role Summary

Serve as a senior field applications engineer supporting Lattice FPGA solutions for customers, focusing on design-in, deployment, and platform security for next-generation servers and data centers. Act as the technical liaison between customers, sales, and R&D throughout pre-sales evaluations and post-sales support.

Experience Level

Senior-level — requires 10+ years of FPGA development, technical support, or FAE experience.

Responsibilities

Primary customer-facing and technical responsibilities include:

• Provide design-in support and technical troubleshooting throughout the product lifecycle for Lattice FPGA solutions.
• Perform product evaluations, proofs-of-concept, and demonstrations.
• Assist customers with RTL design, synthesis, simulation, timing closure, and board-level integration.
• Guide customers through Lattice toolchains (Radiant, Diamond, Propel) and programming/debug tools.
• Deliver technical presentations, training, and workshops on security and other solutions.
• Support embedded system integration involving processors and standard interfaces (I2C, SPI, SGPIO, eSPI, LTPI).
• Capture customer requirements and provide feedback to product and R&D teams.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and conditions:

• 10+ years of FPGA design, technical support, or FAE experience.
• Hands-on experience with RTL coding (Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog), synthesis, simulation, and debugging.
• Strong experience with Lattice toolchains: Radiant, Diamond, Propel, and programming cable tools.
• Familiarity with standard interfaces: I2C, SPI, SGPIO, LTPI, eSPI.
• Lab skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and FPGA prototyping boards.
• Excellent problem-solving, presentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Willingness to travel for customer support, training, and technical meetings.
• Experience with security/root-of-trust solutions and server/data-center platforms.
• Must pass background and reference checks and have the legal right to work in Taiwan.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with embedded software integration.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

About the Company

Company: Lattice Semiconductor

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA

Lattice Semiconductor specializes in low power, small-form-factor programmable logic devices and solutions. The company is known for its innovative technology that enables a wide range of applications, including communication, consumer, and industrial markets.