Director Application Engineering
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline is required.
- At least 15 years of semiconductor industry experience is required.
- Experience leading customer-facing technical organizations is required.
- Deep understanding of semiconductor technologies, foundry ecosystems, design flows, and design-win processes is required.
- Proven success supporting strategic accounts is required.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and executive engagement skills are required.
- The role must perform activities safely and responsibly and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
- Build, develop, and lead a team of Field Application Engineers supporting strategic accounts.
- Create a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Coach and develop future technical leaders and raise talent standards across the organization.
- Partner with Account Managers to identify, qualify, and advance new business opportunities.
- Lead the technical strategy behind design wins and major customer engagements.
- Influence customer roadmaps and align GlobalFoundries solutions with future market opportunities.
- Translate customer requirements into business opportunities that drive growth and market share.
- Lead customer engagements from initial evaluation through tapeout, production ramp, and lifecycle support.
- Anticipate and remove technical barriers that could affect customer success.
- Drive opportunity management, forecasting, and design-win execution.
- Develop trusted partnerships with engineering, architecture, product, operations, and executive leaders.
- Serve as a senior technical ambassador for GlobalFoundries.
- Represent GlobalFoundries at customer engagements, industry events, and executive briefings.
- An advanced degree is preferred.
- Experience with silicon photonics is preferred.
- Experience with advanced packaging is preferred.
- Experience with AI infrastructure is preferred.
- Experience with RF and connectivity is preferred.
- Experience with power and mixed-signal technologies is preferred.
- Experience with hyperscale and cloud customers is preferred.
About the company
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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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Marvell expanded SiGe capacity on September 17, 2026, signaling demand through 2027.
- Commerce finalized a $375 million R&D award on September 8, 2026, plus a July $300 million framework.
- SMART Photonics partnered with GF on September 21, 2026, widening its photonics platform and customer funnel.
What critics are saying
- Smart mobile is 36% of revenue, and management expects low-teens decline in 2026.
- Tower Semiconductor litigation in Texas and the ITC risks injunctions, distraction, and patent retaliation.
- If AI photonics demand normalizes before 2027, GF's growth story reverts to commoditized mature-node fabs.
What makes GlobalFoundries unique
- GlobalFoundries abandoned bleeding-edge nodes in 2018, specializing in feature-rich chips for autos and connectivity.
- Its Malta, Burlington, Dresden, and Singapore footprint sells trusted regional supply to governments and enterprises.
- GF owns uncommon SiGe, silicon photonics, and FDX process depth for optical and edge chips.
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0%GF has been selected as the technology provider and operator for two new fabs at its Malta, New York, site under a U.S.-Japan initiative.
GlobalFoundries will build two new chip factories at its existing site in upstate New York, according to a deal announced on October 14. Japan's government will provide up to $21 billion in funding. The US government will buy about 4% of the company's shares. The two plants will be jointly held by the US and Japan. The new factories will make basic chips, reducing reliance on suppliers in East Asia.
GlobalFoundries Inc. plans to build two new chip plants with backing of as much as $21 billion from the Japanese government. The arrangement is part of a US-Japan deal that also includes the US taking a 4% stake in the company.
GlobalFoundries shares rose nearly 6% Thursday after announcing a $2 billion manufacturing deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to produce silicon interposers at its New York facility. The five-year agreement will support expanded manufacturing capacity, with volume production expected to begin in the first half of 2028. The facility is set to become the first US-based source of silicon interposers for advanced packaging technologies. These components are crucial for TSMC's Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate technology, which connects AI processors with high-bandwidth memory. The deal addresses constraints in TSMC's CoWoS packaging capacity, which has become a bottleneck for AI chip production. Counterpoint Research estimates the supply-demand gap could remain around 20% in 2026 before narrowing to roughly 10% in 2027.
Marvell Technology and GlobalFoundries expanded their partnership to boost production of silicon germanium (SiGe), a semiconductor technology used in high-speed optical connections for data centres. Following the announcement on 17 September, Marvell shares rose over 4% whilst GlobalFoundries climbed more than 6%. The multi-year agreement will increase SiGe manufacturing capacity at GlobalFoundries' Burlington, Vermont facility. The technology enables semiconductor devices to operate at higher speeds with reduced energy consumption. GlobalFoundries reported strong demand for SiGe, with CEO Tim Breen noting the company is "oversubscribed throughout 2027". The firm's communications infrastructure and data centre segment revenue jumped 62% year over year in Q2 2026. Marvell posted record revenue of $2.739 billion in Q2 fiscal 2027, up 37% year over year, driven by AI data centre demand.