Senior Engineer II- Applications
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves working as an Applications Engineer within the Memory Products Business Unit (MPD) to assist customers with technical challenges and provide product knowledge, specifically for EEPROM, Flash, SRAM, EERAM, and RTCC products.
What you'll do
- Develop collateral including Data Sheets, Application Notes, Technical Briefs, Code Libraries, and Design Objective Specs.
- Provide technical assistance to customers and field engineering for hardware and software design issues.
- Develop and present technical training to customers, field applications engineers, and field sales.
- Create demos and presentations to support trade shows and customer engagements.
- Become a product technical expert for supporting customers, sales, and field engineering communities.
- Deliver quality projects to meet expectations of internal and external customers.
- Work with worldwide cross-functional teams.
What you'll need
- Experience with embedded hardware, board development, and firmware design.
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
- 7.5-10 years experience with embedded systems design and software programming techniques.
- Strong C/C++ and Python development skills in an embedded environment.
- Familiarity with I2C and SPI protocols.
- Real-world debugging and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with Microchip & Atmel development tools, products and solutions.
- Experience using embedded debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, debuggers, and protocol analyzers.
- Familiarity with schematic and layout capture tools for PCB development.
Skills: technical assistance to customers, field engineering, application notes, embedded hardware, firmware design
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This role has been open 22 days — well below the 58-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Memory Design
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Open roles in category
30
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Median days open
58 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$172k
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| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (30 roles · 12 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 30 |
| Median days open | 22 d | 58 d (−36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: technical assistance to customers, field engineering, application notes, embedded hardware, firmware design
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 7 open roles · median 78 d
- Teradyne · 5 open roles · median 99 d
- SK Hynix America · 4 open roles · median 122 d
- Synopsys · 3 open roles · median 38 d
- Samsung Semiconductor · 2 open roles · median 173 d
- SanDisk · 2 open roles · median 7 d
How we counted: 30 open Applications FAE (Memory Design) roles from 12 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.