Sr. FAE - Embedded Solutions (Bay Area)

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•San Jose, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. We are looking for a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) focused primarily on AMD x86 and FPGA technologies. This is a Field-focused position. The engineer will provide pre and post sales technical guidance to customers. The position will include system and module level design evaluations, technical issue resolution, and developing reference designs and delivering demonstrations. In top customer engagements, the FAE may become a consistent technical contributor and “extension” of the customer’s development team. In addition, the FAE will provide feedback to AMD product development teams on current and future products, including tools, run-time software, device architectures and IP. The role will also involve creating and delivering training material for customers in the area of effective design methodologies.

Requirements

Excellent problem-solving, time-management, prioritization, and organizational skills, able to lead complex problems, involving multi-disciplined, multi-functional teams and many priorities at once.
A standout colleague with excellent collaborative skills, and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills and demonstrated success in building strong technical relationships (internal: Sales, Marketing, Engineering and external: OEM).
Attention to detail combined with outstanding planning and organizational skills.
Solid hands-on experience with Vivado Design Suite.
Deep level knowledge of FPGA architecture.
Familiarity with various protocols and interfaces like Ethernet, PCIe, DDR4/5, etc.
Expert in debug and running performance analysis to examine performance bottlenecks.
Service and results-oriented with a strong desire to support customers and work as an extension of a dynamic sales team.
Comfortable in interactions with customers, including high urgency situations.
Excellent interpersonal, telephone, written and group communication skills.
Good organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and track many activities.
Strong self-learner.
Must speak, read, and write fluent English.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a system architect.
FPGA design engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Provide pre and post sales technical guidance to customers.
Conduct system and module level design evaluations.
Resolve technical issues.
Develop reference designs and deliver demonstrations.
Act as a consistent technical contributor and “extension” of the customer’s development team in top customer engagements.
Provide feedback to AMD product development teams on current and future products, including tools, run-time software, device architectures and IP.
Create and deliver training material for customers in the area of effective design methodologies.
Work side by side with the Amazon sales and business development organization to develop technical strategies.
Present and execute technical proposals and strategies.
Help drive innovative and creative solutions within the customer.
Drive feedback loops within AMD corporate and engineering teams to drive product improvements and customer centric optimizations.
Help debug and successfully resolve customer design issues.
Develop and conduct product demonstrations and run benchmarks.
Advise customers on system architecture and how to optimize for best success.