Vice President, Applications Engineering

Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

As the Vice President, Applications Engineering, you lead a global multi-site organization spanning Verification, Applications Engineering, Customer Enablement, and Customer Support. You own the applications capabilities, customer engagement, and technical enablement that convert silicon and firmware platforms into customer-shipping designs.

What you'll do

• Own the global Applications Engineering organization delivering reference designs, technical enablement collateral, evaluation kits, and hands-on customer engagement across product families.
• Direct the technical customer engagement model from pre-sales through design-in to production ramp for hyperscaler, ODM, OEM, and industrial customer segments.
• Define Applications Engineering methodology for standardized customer qualification, including firmware type, boot and trust configuration, and target platforms.
• Oversee customer enablement strategy, including developer collateral, sample delivery, evaluation platforms, and technical training programs.
• Lead multi-site teams across Penang, San Jose, Hillsboro, and Taipei, hiring and mentoring senior technical leaders and individual contributors.
• Manage the operating budget and headcount planning in alignment with Finance and executive leadership.

What you'll need

• Proven leadership experience heading global, multi-site applications engineering, verification, or customer enablement organizations.
• Background in programmable logic platforms, including FPGA or CPLD technologies, silicon, and firmware integration.
• Demonstrated track record managing technical customer engagements across hyperscaler, ODM, OEM, and industrial markets from pre-sales to volume production.
• Experience directing the creation and delivery of reference designs, evaluation kits, and technical enablement collateral.
• Deep familiarity with customer qualification methodologies covering boot and trust configurations, firmware, and target platforms.

Skills: FPGA, reference designs, customer engagement, technical enablement, IP library

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