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About GF

GlobalFoundries® Inc. (GF®) is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF redefines innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions with leading performance in all growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development and manufacturing services. With a talented and diverse team and manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology provider to its global customers. GF employs approximately 13,000 people, including more than 3,000 in Dresden, Germany.

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Introduction

The GlobalFoundries Field Application Engineer (FAE) engages with GF customers early to assess customer technical needs and identify the best GF technical solution to satisfy those needs driving the opportunity to DWIN and on towards tapeout. The FAE should understand and surmount any barriers of adoption the client may have for using GF technologies for their product development. FAE will work cross functionally with internal GF technical experts in pursuit of converting these opportunities to revenue.

Your Job

• Engage with customers to understand their technical needs towards development of their semiconductor IC products.

• Assess the competitive landscape to identify and advocate winning GF value propositions.

• Partner internally with GF account managers, product marketing, and technical experts in the creation of compelling, application specific presentations to describe how GF technology solutions can help those customers develop their industry winning products.

• Work closely with the account management team to merge technical and commercial terms into a design winning proposal.

• Identify and resolve all issues / concerns to convert the design win into production ready design for tapeout to the fab.

• Where competitive gaps exist, advocate internally for improved features and capabilities of GF solutions to close such gaps.

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications

• Education – Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical engineering or equivalent (e.g. applied physics, etc).

• Experience – Minimum 15 yrs in semiconductor industry inc design and/or process.

• Skills – Working knowledge of IC chip design flows and tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. Technical Program Management, active thinking, positive attitude, problem solving, strong responsibility and ownership, teamwork and personal communication skills are critical.

• Travel – Up to 20%, primarily within Europe with some intercontinental travel.

• Fluency in English Language – written & verbal.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education – PhD in electrical engineering or equivalent.

• Experience – 5 yrs in semiconductor product design at the chip or module level.

• Experience – Industrial and Automotive Segment Experience

• Skills – Direct experience in IC chip design flows and EDA tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. Exposure/Experience in one or more of Digital / Analog Mixed Signal/HV Power/eNVM/Millimetre Wave/Silicon Photonics IC product design highly desirable. SoC product integration/design experiences highly desirable.

• Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong planning & organizational skills.