Senior Field Applications Engineer – FAE

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Serve as a reliable technical consultant to strategic clients, guiding decisions regarding system architecture, technology choices, and product integration.

• Collaborate with sales teams to assess customer requirements, shape technical strategies, and promote design-in and design-win initiatives.

• Assist customers throughout the entire product lifecycle, from initial architecture discussions and proof of concept to production launch and post-sales assistance.

• Deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations, and training sessions for customers and partners.

• Evaluate customer needs and recommend the best product applications, system architectures, software, firmware, interfaces, logic, IP integration, and implementation strategies.

• Facilitate customer discussions regarding high-speed interface choices, SoC integration, IP blocks, FPGA or programmable logic development, and system-level compromises.

• Provide insights and feedback from customers and the market to engineering, product management, and R&D teams to influence product roadmaps and future solution development.

• Diagnose and resolve intricate technical issues, escalating to engineering teams when necessary.

• Foster trusting relationships with technical stakeholders, engineering leaders, and decision-makers at client sites.

• Keep abreast of emerging technologies, competitive products, industry standards, and market trends pertinent to customer designs.

• Mentor and offer technical support to junior FAEs and other team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Over 7 years of relevant design or applications experience in embedded systems, hardware, software, firmware, networking, Ethernet, FPGA, security, SoCs, or related semiconductor technologies.

• Comprehensive understanding of high-speed digital technologies and interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, high-speed SerDes, SoC architectures, or related board- and system-level design considerations.

• Proficient in understanding customer requirements related to processor, memory, connectivity, acceleration, and peripheral integration within complex embedded or SoC-based systems.

• Demonstrated history of guiding multiple hardware, firmware, software, or embedded systems designs from concept to production.

• Experience collaborating directly with customers, suppliers, sales teams, or cross-functional stakeholders to explain technology, resolve technical issues, or influence design choices.

• Comfortable presenting technical ideas, leading architectural discussions, and converting customer needs into actionable engineering solutions.

• Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting capabilities.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, adept at engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Proven capacity to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic environment.

• Willingness to travel to client locations as necessary.

• Bilingual proficiency in English and French.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary

• Restricted stock units

• Quarterly bonus incentives

• Health benefits starting from day one

• Retirement savings plans

• Industry-leading IESPP program with a 6-month look-back feature

• Employee development and Leadership Passage Programs

• Home Office work arrangement