Principal Account Manager - Field Applications (North America)

About GlobalFoundries:

GlobalFoundries 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, GlobalFoundries 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.

Summary of Role:

We are seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) to support and drive customer engagements with leading Industrial, Automotive, and Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) customers across North America. 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.

Essential Responsibilities:

Your Job Customer Technical Engagement

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

Conduct customer presentations, architectural reviews and product demonstrations

Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions

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

Design-In & Design Win Support

Drive design-in activities at assigned customers and design houses

Support technical discussions to secure design wins for: CPU IP licensing, custom silicon programs and software solutions. Assist customers in transitioning from evaluation to implementation.

Solution Enablement - Help Customers Understand and Implement MIPS’ Value Proposition

Open RISC‑V architecture flexibility

Multi-threaded, high-performance compute

High-performance scalable Neural processors

Functional safety-ready solutions

Support system-level optimization for performance, power and cost

Collaboration with Sales & Business Development

Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creation and closure

Provide technical input to 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)

Participate in customer workshops, demos, and industry events

Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem in NAM

Other Responsibilities:

Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's/Master's degree in an engineering discipline or similar

10+ years in Field Application Engineering, Applications Engineering or Design Engineering

Experience in Semiconductor IP, SoC/ASIC development, or embedded systems, Industrial, Automotive, or IDM electronics or related markets

Proven track record supporting customer engagements and design wins

Strong understanding of Industrial, automotive, or IDM electronic architectures (MCUs, SoCs, domain/zonal controllers)

Familiarity with: Processor architectures, Embedded software development (compilers, SDKs, OS) and System-level design and integration

Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills

Ability to operate independently in a field-based role

Hands-on technical mindset with strong debugging capability

Ability to bridge technical depth with customer business needs

Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with RISC‑V ecosystem or CPU IP integration

Prior experience supporting industrial, automotive, or IDM customers in North America

Experience with SoC development and custom silicon implementation flows

Understanding of functional safety standards or design requirements in Industrial & Automotive markets

Expected Salary Range $130,000.00 - $254,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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