Avnet - Hoffman Estates, IL

posted 26 days ago

Full-time - Senior
Hoffman Estates, IL
251-500 employees
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Field Application Engineer for AMD/Xilinx at Avnet is a pivotal role within the technical sales team, focusing on hardware and software aspects of customer systems. This position requires a highly motivated individual who is passionate about SoC technology and is actively engaged in both pre-sale and post-sale technical support activities. The engineer will work closely with key customers to drive technical initiatives, provide guidance on design strategies, and develop strong relationships with engineers and architects.

Responsibilities

  • Drive and manage Xilinx technical related initiatives & activities for key customers in alignment with the AMD Xilinx dedicated Technical Sales Engineer (TSE)
  • 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
  • Drive the technical part of strategy proposals for key customer programs
  • Leverage understanding of known challenges to advise customer designers on the optimum use of Xilinx IP, software tools and hardware devices
  • Manage technical support issues within customer base and collaborate/bring in AMD Xilinx technical specialists when required to help solve real time problems
  • 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
  • Lead with technical solution creation to show our value proposition
  • 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 with and understanding at systems level, FPGA and ASIC design tools
  • Experience with Vivado/Vitis, ISE or Quartus required
  • Ability to identify a customer's key care-abouts and thus contribute to overall sales strategy and success
  • Knowledge of customers' end products including their specific market requirements
  • 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

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in designing with AMD Xilinx FPGA's & SoCs
  • Knowledge of embedded system design tools such as AMD Xilinx's Vivado & Vitis tools
  • Knowledge of board design requirements for FPGA's & SoC's including power distribution & dissipation
  • Design experience using high performance external memory interface controllers and protocols
  • Design experience using FPGA based high-speed serial transceivers
  • Embedded processing knowledge - Familiar with x86 and ARM architectures, performance metrics, OS (especially Linux), Yocto, BSP, drivers, and debugging tools

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401K and Pension Plan
  • Paid Holidays
  • 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 Development Resources
  • Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs
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