GlobalFoundries

Semiconductor foundry delivering specialized chips

Field Application Engineer

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeYokohama, Kanagawa, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is required; a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
At least 7 years of relevant experience in system-on-chip or application-specific integrated circuit design and architecture.
Good understanding of reduced instruction set computer and digital signal processor architectures.
Good communication and presentation skills, and experience working with customers in a presales process.
Willingness to travel up to 30% within Japan.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical interface for customers during presales and early development phases.
Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions.
Provide hands-on technical guidance on processor intellectual property integration, software toolchains, development environments, and system architecture considerations.
Support technical discussions to secure project and design wins for processor IP licenses, software tools, and custom silicon programs and solutions.
Assist customers in transitioning from the evaluation to the design execution phase.
Help customers understand and utilize MIPS's value proposition, including its RISC-V processor IP portfolio, open RISC-V architecture flexibility, multithreaded high-performance computing, functional-safety-ready solutions, and system-level configurations optimized for performance, power, area, and cost.
Troubleshoot and resolve customer technical issues across hardware and software domains during presales engagements.
Work closely with internal engineering teams to address and resolve complex challenges during presales engagements.
Ensure timely resolution of customer issues to maintain positive momentum.
Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creation through closure.
Provide technical input to evaluations, proposals, requests for information, and customer presentations.
Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams.
Support engagement with ecosystem partners in software, electronic design automation, and design services.
Participate in customer workshops, demonstrations, and industry events.
Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem in Japan.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in multiple stages of a system-on-chip design, from architecture definition to register-transfer-level coding in Verilog and synthesis through physical design.
Hands-on experience in embedded system design, debugging, or firmware/software development.
Understanding of digital signal processing algorithms for wireless communication, LiDAR/RADAR, image processing, and advanced sensors.
Understanding of artificial intelligence and machine-learning-based system design and use-case requirements.
Understanding of system-on-chip design requirements for automotive functional safety.
Understanding of security concepts and standards-based building blocks for secure system-on-chip design.
Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks.
Ability to clearly communicate technical information in meetings, presentations, seminars, product demonstrations, and customer training, and to provide guidance to the sales team.

About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GF makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Introduction

We are seeking a Field Application Engineer (Japan) to support and drive customer engagementswithinJapan. This is a customer-facing, technical individual contributor role, responsible for enabling design wins by bridging customer requirements with MIPS’ product portfolio, including processor IP, software tools,and custom silicon solutions.

Your Job

Customer Technical Engagement

Act as the primary technical interface for customers during pre-sales and early development phases

Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions

Provide hands-on technical guidance on: Processor IP integration, Software toolchains,development environments,and System architecture considerations

Support technical discussions to secureproject anddesign wins for:processorIP licenses,software tools, and custom silicon programs and solutions. Assist customers in transitioning fromtheevaluation todesignexecution phase

Solution Enablement Help Customers Understand andUtilizeMIPS’ Value Proposition

Broad, industry-leading portfolio of RISC-V processor IP

Open RISC‑V architecture flexibility,multi-threaded, high-performance compute

Functional safety-ready solutions

System-levelconfigurationsforoptimizedperformance, power, area,and cost

Technical Problem Solving

Troubleshoot and resolve customer technical issues across hardware and software domainsduringthe pre-salesengagementphase

Work closely with internal engineering teams toaddressandresolvecomplex challengesduring the pre-salesengagement

Ensure timely resolution of customer issues to maintainpositivemomentum

Collaboration with Sales & Business Development

Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creationthroughclosure

Provide technical input toevaluations,proposals, RFIs, and customer presentations

Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams

Ecosystem & Market Support

Support engagement with ecosystem partners (software, EDA, design services)

Participationin customer workshops, demos, and industry events

Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem inJapan

Key Qualifications:

Qualified applicants will have a BSEE, MSEE preferred
7+ years relevant experience in SoC/ASIC design and architecture
Good understanding of RISC and DSP processor architectures
Good communication and presentation skills, and experience working with customers in a pre-sale process
Willing to travel (up to 30%) within JP

Preferred Experience:

Experience in multiple stages of a SoC design, from architecture definition, to RTL (Verilog) coding and synthesis, down to physical design
Hands-on experience in embedded system design, debug or FW/SW development
Understanding of DSP algorithms for wireless communication, LiDAR/RADAR, image processing, and advanced sensors is a plus.
Understanding of AI/ML based system design and use-case requirements
Understanding of SoC design requirements for automotive functional safety
Understanding of security concepts and standards-based building blocks for a secure SoC design
Good written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks.
Ability to clearly communicate technical information in meetings, presentations, seminars, product demonstrations, customer training, and to provide guidance to the sales team is important.

GlobalFoundries is an equal opportunity employer, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe having a multicultural workplace enhances productivity, efficiency and innovation whilst our employees feel truly respected, valued and heard.

As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities.

All offers of employment with GlobalFoundries are conditioned upon the successful completion of background checks, medical screenings as applicable and subject to the respective local laws and regula

Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/about-us/careers/opportunities-asia

About the Company

GlobalFoundries

Semiconductor foundry delivering specialized chips

GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry that manufactures chips for a broad range of customers, focusing on feature-rich, reliable technologies for cars, IoT, 5G, and other high-growth markets. It operates by fabricating silicon wafers for customer designs, offering mature, specialized processes rather than chasing the most advanced nodes. This makes it different from peers that prize the latest process nodes; GlobalFoundries emphasizes diversification across a global manufacturing footprint (U.S., Europe, Singapore) and stable supply for essential applications. Its goal is to be a leading supplier of high-volume, specialty manufacturing that enables reliable chips for everyday devices and growing tech markets.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Town of Malta, New York
Founded: 2009

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