Senior Director, Global Applications Engineering
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role defines and elevates the customer experience for automotive microprocessor platforms. This role combines transformational leadership with day-to-day customer responsibility, shaping how software, tools, and AI-enabled workflows define the platform experience beyond silicon.
What you'll do
- Set and communicate a clear strategy for the customer and developer experience.
- Own the technical customer journey from evaluation through deployment.
- Drive alignment across global engineering, product, and customer-facing teams.
- Turn customer insights, support trends, and integration pain points into clear engineering priorities.
- Make disciplined decisions that balance customer value, business impact, and long-term platform success.
What you'll need
- Proven leader of large, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations.
- Embedded systems expertise spanning hardware, software, and system architecture.
- Strong software background with modern development, integration, and debugging experience.
- Strategic thinker who converts ambiguity into clear direction and execution.
- Experience in automotive semiconductors, SDV platforms, or complex embedded compute systems.
- Track record driving transformation in developer experience, software enablement, and AI-powered engineering.
Skills: customer experience, automotive microprocessor platforms, software enablement, technical customer journey, AI-enabled workflows
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This role has been open 30 days — well below the 95-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
143
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Median days open
95 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$152k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (143 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 143 |
| Median days open | 90 d | 95 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: customer experience, automotive microprocessor platforms, software enablement, technical customer journey, AI-enabled workflows
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 78 d
- Texas Instruments · 23 open roles · median 141 d
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 22 open roles · median 91 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics · 10 open roles · median 103 d
- Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 229 d
How we counted: 143 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 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.