Technical Staff Engineer - Applications
At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at Microchip. San Jose · full-time · $91,000–$232,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Help top-tier customers and field teams resolve FPGA/SoC design and debugging problems before and after sales
- Advise customers remotely and on-site, using demonstrations, reference designs, design guidance and hardware bring-up support
- Work across FPGA/SoC development, from HDL and processor systems through synthesis, board reviews and timing closure
- Coordinate product and solution improvements with cross-functional teams, then train field engineers on new tools and products
- Develop customer materials such as application notes, white papers and reference designs for advanced interfaces
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science, with a master’s preferred
- At least twelve years supporting FPGA-based architecture and design, including embedded processors and high-speed serial I/O
- Five or more years using lab instruments such as oscilloscopes or signal analyzers
- Hands-on expertise with an FPGA supplier ecosystem, embedded C and Linux, and FPGA design software such as Libero or Vivado
- Strong VHDL or Verilog and C skills, plus board-level design knowledge and system debugging experience
Who this fits
This senior role suits an experienced FPGA/SoC engineer who can work independently on customer issues and communicate technical guidance clearly. You’ll support customers both remotely and on-site, with travel listed at zero to twenty-five percent. The position is based in San Jose, California, and follows usual business hours.
From the employer
Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.
People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.
Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.
Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!
Job Description:
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.
Microchip Technology Inc. has a Technical Staff Engineer - Applications opening based in San Jose, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for the below actions.
Engage with our tier1 customers and our field teams to help with pre and post Sales support on design/debug of FPGA/SoC designs.
Provide advanced-level consulting and technical support (remotely and on-site) to tier1 customers through product demonstrations, creation of design examples and reference designs, presenting advanced FPGA/SoC design and timing-closure techniques, debugging hardware bring-up issues.
Demonstrate authority on all or most phases of FPGA/SoC design, including requirements analysis, HDL code development and simulation, embedded hard and soft processor system design, synthesis optimizations, place-route and timing constraints, timing closure, board-level schematic reviews, and FPGA hardware development and debug tools.
Lead/participate in cross-functional teams across the BU, present proposals and get buy-ins to improve existing solutions or to develop solutions for future products.
Participate in functional block reviews, product characterization and rollout, tools' ease-of-use discussions with senior Engineering and Marketing experts in the BU.
Train field & technical support engineers with new Microchip FPGA/SoC products & tools.
Drive early adoption & evaluation of advanced debugging & software flows, IP cores, and kits in the team.
Create customer-facing collateral, application notes, reference designs, white papers on advanced interfaces and solutions for Microchip FPGA/SoC products.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering/Science; Masters degree is preferred
12+ years of relevant industry experience with FPGA-based architecture definition, design, and support, including Embedded Processor and High-Speed Serial IO.
5+ years of experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and signal analyzers.
Advanced level domain expertise in one or more FPGA/SoC design/debug expertise - DDR memory interfaces and protocols, Transceiver and high speed serial interfaces, timing closure techniques, FPGA synthesis and simulation, Embedded Cortex or RISC-V processor/microcontrollers etc, Serdes and high-speed serial interfaces and protocols.
Must have in-depth experience with FPGA devices and eco-systems from at least 1 major FPGA supplier (Microchip or Xilinx or Altera)
Must have embedded processor experience with knowledge of C, development on Linux, and software debug tools such as Keil, IAR or Eclipse.
Experience with Libero, or Vivado or Quartus Design Software, as well as EDA tools for FPGA design is required.
Board level experience including power supply decoupling, high speed signal terminations and routing.
System level debug with the ability to dig into system level issues to assist clients in identifying the root cause.
Expert level experience with VHDL/Verilog, C.
Excellent communication & problem-solving skills, and ability to independently drive issues to closure.
Hard-working and committed; ability to handle stress and multi-task in a dynamic customer-centric environment.
Must be a self-starter and an excellent team-worker.
Travel Time:
0% - 25%Physical Attributes:
Feeling, Other, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around OthersPhysical Requirements:
10% sitting, 10% walking, 80% sitting, 100% in doors; Usual business hoursPay Range:
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:Benefits of working at Microchip
The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $91,000 - $232,000.**Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.
To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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