Technical Staff Engineer - Applications

Microchip•San Jose, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

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 engaging with tier1 customers and field teams to provide pre and post-sales support on design/debug of FPGA/SoC designs. This role involves providing advanced-level consulting and technical support, including product demonstrations, creation of design examples and reference designs, presenting advanced FPGA/SoC design and timing-closure techniques, and debugging hardware bring-up issues. The candidate will 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. Additionally, the role involves leading/participating in cross-functional teams, training field and technical support engineers, driving early adoption of advanced debugging and software flows, and creating customer-facing collateral.

Requirements

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.

Responsibilities

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.