Design Application Engineering - Santa Clara, California, United States of America
$98,000 - $239,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Application Engineer provides IC design and development solutions, drives customer design enablement, resolves technical issues, and coordinates cross-functional execution from initial engagement through tapeout and production ramp. The role focuses on Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), including battery chargers, DC-DC converters, LDOs, and power switches.
What you'll do
- Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to resolve design, application, technology-platform, and design-enablement issues for PMIC applications. - Coordinate technical solutions across PDK, modeling, IP, EDA, reliability, product engineering, quality, and sales teams. - Evaluate and validate proposed solutions against customer specifications, technical objectives, and implementation constraints. - Manage technical scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, risks, and recovery plans for assigned customer programs. - Provide technical guidance and customer support through case resolution, design reviews, training, documentation, and operational runbooks. - Develop and maintain application notes, troubleshooting guidance, reference flows, and reusable technical resources.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or PhD with 2 years of relevant experience. - Working knowledge of Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) technology and circuit design development through tape-out, including battery chargers, DC-DC converters, LDOs, or power switches. - Demonstrated expertise in at least one relevant technical discipline and proficiency in a second, covering IC design, EDA tools and methodologies, semiconductor technology applications, or design enablement. - Working knowledge of semiconductor design-enablement components and interfaces, including PDKs, device models, IP, EDA tools, reliability requirements, and product engineering. - Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical and methodology issues, investigate root causes, and address non-recurring problems. - Experience managing technical tasks, project deliverables, and customer technical discussions.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated expertise applying Power Management technology, circuit design, or EDA methodologies to develop and deliver customer solutions. - Experience leading complex technical projects or cross-functional initiatives, including managing scope, dependencies, risks, and recovery plans. - Evidence of technical contribution through reusable methodologies, automation, application notes, technical presentations, publications, patents, or process improvements. - Experience utilizing productivity and AI-assisted tools to address engineering and customer needs.
Skills: customer support, design-enablement, PMICs, DC-DC converters, PDK
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 69-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
205
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$154k
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| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (205 roles · 25 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 205 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 69 d (−69 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Skills observed across this category: customer support, design-enablement, PMICs, DC-DC converters, PDK
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 52 open roles · median 118 d
- Infineon Technologies · 33 open roles · median 73 d
- Texas Instruments · 26 open roles · median 34 d
- Renesas Electronics · 20 open roles · median 21 d
- Analog Devices · 19 open roles · median 46 d
- Nexperia · 11 open roles · median 62 d
How we counted: 205 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.