Firmware Field Applications Engineer - Hyperscaler Data Center Accounts - CA, San Jose, Rio Robles, United States
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves providing Field Applications Engineering support to Hyperscaler Strategic and Key customers, focusing on Analog Devices’ Digital and Analog products.
What you'll do
- Understand and disseminate customers' system needs.
- Provide technical expertise to enable adoption of Analog Devices solutions.
- Architect system solutions for customers.
- Propose new products to Business Units and Technology Groups.
- Act as voice of the customer to Analog Devices Business Unit engineers.
- Identify and resolve issues to drive profitable growth with the account.
What you'll need
- BSEE or equivalent.
- 5+ years’ experience in Product Design, Applications, or Field applications engineering.
- Experience with Microcontroller-based systems and Firmware debugging.
- Experience and working knowledge across multiple areas like C, RTOS, Memory Management, Multithreading, Context Switching, I2C, PMBUS, SPI, UART, USB, JTAG, Bare-Metal development and HAL.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools like Git, Bitbucket, Perforce.
- Excellent hands-on lab skills, including Oscilloscopes, E-loads and Function Generators.
- Knowledge and expertise in selling power semiconductor products and Hyperscaler power requirements.
Nice to have
- MSEE.
- Experience with Cloud and Data Center customers.
- Prior experience with US Hyperscalers.
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 58-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
725
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (725 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 21 | 725 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 107 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 58 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 127 open roles · median 59 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 99 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 31 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 59 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 41 open roles · median 30 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 29 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 725 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.