Principal Field Application Engineering
$81,000 - $131,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Principal Field Application Engineering role engages with customers early to assess technical needs and identify GlobalFoundries technical solutions to satisfy those needs, driving opportunities to design win (DWIN) and tapeout. The position focuses on RF and Photonics technologies while surmounting customer adoption barriers.
What you'll do
- Engage customers to understand their technical needs toward the development of their semiconductor IC products. - Assess the competitive landscape to identify and advocate winning value propositions. - Partner with account managers, product marketing, and technical experts to create application-specific presentations detailing technology solutions. - Work with the account management team to merge technical and commercial terms into a design-winning proposal. - Identify and resolve technical issues and concerns to convert design wins into product tapeouts. - Advocate internally for improved features and capabilities to close competitive gaps where they exist.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent (such as applied physics). - Minimum 5 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 capabilities. - 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 experience in semiconductor product design at the chip or module level. - Direct experience in IC chip design flows and EDA tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. - Exposure or experience in Digital, Analog Mixed Signal, HV Power, eNVM, Millimetre Wave, or Silicon Photonics IC product design. - SoC product integration and design experience. - Demonstrated expertise in business development within the Defense Industrial Base or related government agencies.
Skills: Field Application Engineering, customer engagement, RF and Photonics technologies, chip design flows, technical assistance
This role has been open 102 days — well above the 75-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Photonics
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Open roles in category
27
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Median days open
75 d
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Median salary
$158k
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| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (27 roles · 14 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 27 |
| Median days open | 102 d | 75 d (+27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: Field Application Engineering, customer engagement, RF and Photonics technologies, chip design flows, technical assistance
Who's hiring in this category
- FormFactor · 6 open roles · median 27 d
- Keysight Technologies · 3 open roles · median 91 d
- Lumentum · 3 open roles · median 68 d
- STMicroelectronics · 3 open roles · median 134 d
- Teradyne · 3 open roles · median 33 d
- Analog Devices · 1 open role · median 167 d
How we counted: 27 open Applications FAE (Photonics) roles from 14 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.