Manager of Field Applications Engineering, USA - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 6 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Lead a distributed Field Applications Engineering team across the USA, driving pre- and post-sales technical adoption, customer integrations, and design wins. This role focuses on hands-on individual contribution and customer engagement for fabric interconnect silicon IP.
What you'll do
- Lead, recruit, and mentor a distributed team of senior FAEs across regional hubs in the USA. - Partner with regional sales directors to secure design wins and direct customer evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and architectural reviews. - Act as the primary escalation point for critical customer technical issues during pre-sales and post-sales engagements. - Deliver technical presentations, deep dives, and product demonstrations to customer executive and engineering teams. - Funnel customer requirements to internal R&D and Product Management to influence the fabric interconnect IP roadmap. - Develop technical collateral, including application notes, whitepapers, and training materials.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field. - 5+ years of experience managing customer-facing engineering teams in FAE or Technical Support functions. - 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor, silicon IP, or high-performance networking sectors. - Deep understanding of Network-on-Chip (NoC), AMBA protocols (CHI, AXI, ACE), or PCIe/CXL fabrics. - Technical familiarity with front-end ASIC design, SoC architecture, RTL verification, and EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence, or Siemens. - Knowledge of system architectures for AI/ML accelerators, data centers, or automotive SoCs.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering. - Prior experience working in a venture-backed silicon IP startup. - Existing technical relationships with major Tier-1 semiconductor and system companies in the USA.
Skills: Field Applications Engineering, fabric interconnect IP, design wins, technical account management, customer support
This role has been open 88 days — well above the 73-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
73 d
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Median salary
$215k
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| Metric | Baya Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (41 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 41 |
| Median days open | 88 d | 73 d (+15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $215k |
Skills observed across this category: Field Applications Engineering, fabric interconnect IP, design wins, technical account management, customer support
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 10 open roles · median 92 d
- Baya Systems (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 88 d
- Texas Instruments · 5 open roles · median 37 d
- Arm Holdings · 4 open roles · median 116 d
- AMD · 3 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA · 3 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 41 open Applications FAE (SOC Architecture) roles from 11 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.