Principal Account Manager - Field ; North America)

## Principal Account Manager
- Field Applications (North America)
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Santa Clara:
OFFSITE - USA
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Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR-2603323
** About Global Foundries:
** Global Foundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, Global Foundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit
** Summary of Role:
** We are seeking a Field Application Engineer (NAM) to support and drive customer engagements with leading Industrial, Automotive, and Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) customers across North America. This is a customer-facing, technical individual contributor role, responsible for enabling design wins by bridging customer requirements with MIPS’ product portfolio, including processor IP, software tools and custom silicon solutions.
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* Essential Responsibilities:

**** Your Job Customer Technical Engagement
*** Act as the primary technical interface for customers during pre-sales and early development phases
* Conduct customer presentations, architectural reviews and product demonstrations
* Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions
* Provide technical guidance on:
Processor IP integration, Software tool chains and development environments and System architecture considerations
** Design-In & Design Win Support
*** Drive design-in activities at assigned customers and design houses
* Support technical discussions to secure design wins for: CPU IP licensing, custom silicon programs and software solutions. Assist customers in transitioning from evaluation to implementation.
** Solution Enablement - Help Customers Understand and Implement MIPS’ Value Proposition
*** Open RISC‐V architecture flexibility
* Multi-threaded, high-performance compute
* High-performance scalable Neural processors
* Functional safety-ready solutions
* Support system-level optimization for performance, power and cost
** Collaboration with Sales & Business Development
*** Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creation and closure
* Provide technical input to proposals, RFIs, and customer presentations
* Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams
** Ecosystem & Market Support
*** Support engagement with ecosystem partners (software, EDA, design services)
* Participate in customer workshops, demos, and industry events
* Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem in NAM
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* Other Responsibilities:

*** Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
** Required Qualifications
*** Bachelor's/Master's degree in an engineering discipline or similar
* 10+ years in Field Application Engineering, Applications Engineering or Design Engineering
* Experience in Semiconductor IP, SoC/ASIC development, or embedded systems, Industrial, Automotive, or IDM electronics or related markets
* Proven track record supporting customer engagements and design wins
* Strong understanding of Industrial, automotive, or IDM electronic architectures (MCUs, SoCs, domain/zonal controllers)
* Familiarity with:
Processor architectures, Embedded software development (compilers, SDKs, OS) and System-level design and integration
* Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills
* Ability to operate independently in a field-based role
* Hands-on technical mindset with strong debugging…