MTS Field Application Eng - RF & Photonics - Santa Clara, California, United States of America
$99,000 - $161,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Field Application Engineer engages with RF and photonics technology customers to assess technical requirements and identify foundry solutions from early evaluation through design win (DWIN) and tapeout.
What you'll do
- Engage customers to evaluate technical requirements for semiconductor IC product development. - Assess the competitive landscape to identify and advocate winning foundry value propositions. - Partner internally with account managers, product marketing, and technical experts to deliver application-specific presentations detailing technology solutions. - Collaborate with account management to merge technical and commercial terms into design-winning proposals. - Identify and resolve technical issues and concerns to convert design wins into product tapeouts. - Advocate internally for improved features and capabilities where competitive gaps exist.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or equivalent discipline. - Minimum 10 years of experience in semiconductor design, tapeout, and process. - Working knowledge of IC chip design flows and tools from architectural definition through performance characterization for RF and photonics technologies. - Technical program management experience with ownership of cross-functional customer technical engagements. - Ability to travel up to 20%, primarily domestic with some international travel. - Fluency in written and verbal English.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. - 5 years of semiconductor product design experience at the chip or module level. - Direct experience in IC chip design flows and EDA tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. - Design exposure or experience in digital, analog mixed signal, HV power, eNVM, millimeter wave, or silicon photonics IC products, or SoC product integration. - Demonstrated expertise in business development within the Defense Industrial Base or related government agencies.
Skills: Engage customers, technical needs, winning GF value propositions, RF and Photonics technologies, DWIN
This role has been open 103 days — well above the 51-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
75
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$137k
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| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (75 roles · 18 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 75 |
| Median days open | 82 d | 51 d (+31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $137k |
Skills observed across this category: Engage customers, technical needs, winning GF value propositions, RF and Photonics technologies, DWIN
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 24 open roles · median 50 d
- QORVO · 12 open roles · median 51 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 83 d
- Texas Instruments · 7 open roles · median 71 d
- Silicon Labs · 4 open roles · median 96 d
- Coherent Corp · 2 open roles · median 8 d
How we counted: 75 open Applications FAE (RF Frontend) roles from 18 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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.