Avnet
Field Application Engineer - AMD/Xilinx
San Diego, California, United States Of America
No sponsorship$195k-$210kDetected 9 days ago
LinuxSalesSupply ChainLogisticsHRCompensationCustomer SupportFPGAElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoringPublic Speaking
About the role
- Leverages understanding of known challenges to advise customer designers on the optimum use of Xilinx IP, software tools and hardware devices
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and guidance that focuses on AMD Xilinx design win strategies for customer opportunities
- Develop relationships with and become trusted advisor to (system) engineers & architects in your assigned key accounts
- Lead with technical solution creation to show our value proposition (e.g.: hardware, software demos, example designs)
- Work with 3rd party ecosystem partners to support mutual beneficial custom solutions into the customer base where applicable
- Attend internal and external AMD Xilinx technical training to complete and maintain certification as necessary.
Requirements
- Experience in designing with AMD Xilinx FPGA's & SoCs (Versal Adaptive SOCs, Virtex, Kintex, Artix & Spartan Class FPGA's, RFSoC, Zynq UltraScale+, & Zynq-7000)
- Minimum experience required is typically 8+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience with and understanding at systems level, FPGA and ASIC design tools.
- Experience with Vivado/Vitis, ISE or Quartus required (ModelSim is a plus)
Skills
- Ability to identify a customer's key care-abouts and thus contribute to overall sales strategy and success
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong presentations skills, and the ability to work with multiple groups
- Aptitude to communicate clearly at a high system and deep technical levels
- Organization skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and keep track of activities
- Team player with "can do" attitude
- Design experience using FPGA based high-speed serial transceivers
- Embedded processing knowledge
Compensation
- Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline.
Benefits
- https://aux.avnet.com/OE2026/documents/2026-benefits-resource-guide-final.pdf
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401K and Pension Plan
- Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption)
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account
- Education Assistance
- Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs
- Our total rewards strategy supports Avnet's ability to attract, engage, develop, and reward our employees, while promoting a diverse and inclusive environment.
- We offer competitive compensation and benefit programs - from time away and flexible working arrangements to programs supporting employee well-being and opportunities to give back to your community.
- Benefits listed above may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Avnet.
Company info
- At Avnet, relationships matter. We are a global, FORTUNE ® 500 technology distributor and solutions company that delivers design, supply chain and logistics expertise to customers at every stage of a product's lifecycle. Our employees have a front row seat to the latest innovations shaping the world we live in and the future we share. We're driven to help our customers around the world succeed and we do so by earning the trust of some of the biggest names in technology.
- Working at Avnet means being a part of a global team. We work collaboratively and with integrity, doing business the right way. For more than a century, we have partnered together to help our customers, suppliers and teammates realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Experience what's next at Avnet!
- At Avnet, relationships matter.
- We are a global, FORTUNE ® 500 technology distributor and solutions company that delivers design, supply chain and logistics expertise to customers at every stage of a product's lifecycle.
- Our employees have a front row seat to the latest innovations shaping the world we live in and the future we share.
- We're driven to help our customers around the world succeed and we do so by earning the trust of some of the biggest names in technology.
- Working at Avnet means being a part of a global team.
- We work collaboratively and with integrity, doing business the right way.
- For more than a century, we have partnered together to help our customers, suppliers and teammates realize the transformative possibilities of technology.
- Experience what's next at Avnet!
- As the AMD Xilinx dedicated Field Application Engineer you will be a key member of a technical sales team acting as lead for AMD Xilinx Hardware & Software aspects of our key customers' systems.
- Drive and manage Xilinx technical related initiatives & activities for key customers in alignment with the AMD Xilinx dedicated Technical Sales Engineer (TSE)
- Drive the technical part of strategy proposals for key customer programs
- Collaborate with field and AMD Xilinx factory resources to develop and deliver technical proposals to customer project managers, engineering managers, system architects and design engineers that align with customers' needs
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants for this position must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
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