Field Application Engineer - Midwest - Remote
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves providing specialized technical support for commercial client and datacenter solutions within large enterprise markets, focusing on pre-sales, development, and post-sales activities.
What you'll do
- Develop technical relationships with target end customer accounts and OEM partners.
- Establish technical solutions based on AMD technology to win new commercial opportunities.
- Provide technical assistance to sales personnel and end customers for AMD-based Server and Client solutions.
- Perform technical presentations, training, and updates for OEM, partners, and prospects.
- Translate large enterprise customer business issues into technical solution opportunities.
- Provide hands-on, expert-level technical assistance to end customer development and software teams.
What you'll need
- Proficiency in managing, optimizing, and troubleshooting common client applications and datacenter workloads on AMD hardware.
- Strong balance of hardware, architecture, and software expertise.
- Understanding of the competitive landscape and ability to articulate technical differentiation.
- Proficiency in security requirements, certifications, and AMD-based security solutions across the ecosystem including AMD hardware, OS, and OEM platforms.
- Ability to assist with solution development/architectural design to meet specific customer needs.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Engineering or Computer Science).
Nice to have
- Broad technical understanding of Server / Client CPUs, GPUs, APUs, platform architecture, and the development process to win client opportunities.
- Experience working with large enterprise customers.
- Experience in datacenter solutions, with specialized knowledge of client software environments including Operating systems (Windows, Linux), drivers, benchmarks, and targeted applications.
- Knowledge in one or more of the following areas: CPU and Server system architecture, benchmarks, GPU computing, and Server platform enablement.
- Firm understanding of platform development process from concept to production.
- Good hands-on and solid knowledge of server hardware ecosystem at the node, rack, and datacenter level.
- Hands-on experience in the setup and configuration of client systems including software, networking, and storage infrastructure.
Skills: technical support, datacenter workloads, AMD hardware, server/client CPUs, platform architecture
This role has been open 31 days — well below the 71-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
41
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Median days open
71 d
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Median salary
$215k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (41 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 41 |
| Median days open | 31 d | 71 d (−40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $215k |
Skills observed across this category: technical support, datacenter workloads, AMD hardware, server/client CPUs, platform architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 10 open roles · median 90 d
- Baya Systems · 9 open roles · median 86 d
- Texas Instruments · 5 open roles · median 35 d
- Arm Holdings · 4 open roles · median 114 d
- AMD (this employer) · 3 open roles · median 31 d
- NVIDIA · 3 open roles · median 50 d
How we counted: 41 open Applications FAE (SOC Architecture) roles from 11 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.