Applications Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
$161,500 - $218,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on platform firmware, bring-up, and debug across silicon, firmware, and operating system layers.
About the role
This is a customer-facing, system-level role focused on platform firmware, bring-up, and debug, working across silicon, firmware, and operating system layers. You will act as a technical lead in supporting both go-to-market reference platforms and custom end-customer designs.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary technical interface for customers during their product lifecycle - Be the domain authority on Linux kernel and drivers - Perform hands-on debugging across firmware, silicon, and system-level issues, including multi-socket and interconnect configuration problems - Work closely with hardware teams to debug integration issues involving DDR and PCIe - Track and lead customer issues with clear communication, prioritization, and handling critical issues - Deliver technical enablement through workshops, training sessions, and documentation
What you'll need
- 8+ years of experience in silicon, firmware, or server platform development and bring-up - Strong hands-on experience in system bring-up and debug for sophisticated SoC-based platforms - Expertise in OS enablement in firmware (ACPI/Devicetree) - Experience with Linux bring-up and debugging, including boot logs, kernel parameters, and early boot diagnostics - Good understanding of server platform architecture, including CPU, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems - Familiarity with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe and DDR from software perspective - Strong customer-facing social skills with the ability to explain intricate technical issues clearly
Nice to have
- Experience with multi-socket systems and coherency fabrics (e.g. CMN or similar architectures) - Familiarity with BMC / OpenBMC and system management flows - Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for debug and automation - Experience delivering technical training or customer workshops - Prior experience in a customer-facing engineering role (FAE/AE/System Integration)
Skills: customer interface, Linux kernel, firmware, silicon, system bring-up
This role has been open 67 days — well above the 51-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
81
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$170k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (81 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 81 |
| Median days open | 212 d | 51 d (+161 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $170k |
Skills observed across this category: customer interface, Linux kernel, firmware, silicon, system bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 11 open roles · median 18 d
- Qualcomm · 11 open roles · median 78 d
- Microchip Technology · 10 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 10 open roles · median 26 d
- AMD · 7 open roles · median 40 d
- Infineon Technologies · 6 open roles · median 56 d
How we counted: 81 open Applications FAE (Systems Software) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.