Principal Account Manager - Field ; North America)

Position: Principal Account Manager - Field Applications (North America)
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.

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

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 capability

Ability to bridge technical depth with customer business needs

Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with RISC‑V ecosystem or CPU IP integration

Prior experience supporting industrial, automotive, or IDM customers in North America

Experience with SoC development…