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Insight Global

Microprocessor Field Application Engineer

Insight Global, San Jose, California, United States, 95199


Position OverviewAs a MPU Field Application Engineer you'll be one of the key contributors in the Customer Application Support team supporting designs in Infrastructure(digital networking) and Industrial application spaces. You drive demand creation and design-in activity at customer sites in close cooperation with the business lines; you provide technical skills & support sales staff by driving resolution of technical issues and identifying future roadmap needs of your customer(s). We rely on you to deliver the value message in a persuasive and accurate manner to increase our market share.Key Responsibilities for the role:Deliver premium technical support in content and time to assigned customers100% Accountable to drive design wins in their target accounts and target technologyLeads proof of concept, solution design and demonstrations to secure solution's design-inSynthesize customer and competitive insights to improve product definition and roadmapsEstablish the value proposition system solutions relative to competitionSuccessfully build relationships with sales team members, business lines, partners and customers in support of sales team objectivesAnalyze customer's technical objectives using relevant data gathering techniques enabling the sales team to be more productive, effective and responsive to customer needsAssist in educating sales and distribution partners on new technologies, new product features and their related business valueDevelop system level knowledge of target application spacesKey Success AttributesMasters the fundamental mechanics of the sales callAbility to influence and communicate the value products, based on inspiration, motivation and product expertiseFlexible; adapts to plans easily when circumstances changeIs aware of cultural differences and adapts his/her behavior accordinglyFeels challenged by initiating and driving innovationsComfortable within a high performance culture, working in a target driven environment with design win and revenue targets to enhance the company's market shareHigh level of integrity, credibility, tenacity and commitment to excellenceCurious about target customer needs, competitor technology, the eco system and next generation technologiesBuilds a reputation of being the go-to person for regional and business line teams to create opportunities to win and problem solveEssential RequirementsBachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and minimum 3-5 years development engineering or applications support of SoC based embedded systemsField Application Engineering experience in the semiconductor industryDemonstrated knowledge of some of these typical hardware interfaces (Ethernet, PCie, SDIO, Modern DDR, SPI, MIPI, USB) on PowerPC or ARM Cortex A,M microprocessorsHands on knowledge of ethernet datapath acceleration or graphics/video subsystems and related software drivers helpfulKnowledge in embedded Linux: kernel and user-space and uboot environmentsAbility to read, understand and review schematics and provide design recommendations essentialAbility to take complex SoC system behavior, distill key information and apply methodical debug steps to diagnose and resolve customer issues. Proficient in using JTAG based tools.Experience with custom board bring-up debug activities recommendedWilling to travel for customer meetings, development support, trainings,Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies