About GlobalFoundries:
GlobalFoundries 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, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com .
Summary of Role:
The Application Engineer provides IC design and development solutions, drives customer design enablement, resolves complex technical issues, coordinates cross-functional execution, and improves engineering methods and reusable solutions from initial engagement through tapeout and into production ramp.
Essential Responsibilities:
Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to resolve design, application, technology-platform, and design-enablement issues, with a focus on Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), including battery chargers, DC-DC converters, LDOs, power switches, and related applications.
Serve as a technical champion for customers, understanding design requirements and concerns and translating complex customer and engineering needs into practical design and implementation solutions.
Evaluate and validate proposed solutions against customer requirements, technical objectives, and implementation needs, and drive the design-enablement capabilities necessary for successful execution.
Identify and drive resolution of technical and enablement gaps that may impact successful customer designs using GF technologies and methodologies.
Coordinate technical solutions across PDK, modeling, IP, EDA, reliability, product engineering, quality, sales, and other cross-functional teams as needed.
Manage technical scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, risks, and recovery plans for assigned customer solutions, projects, and programs.
Provide technical guidance and customer support through case resolution, design reviews, training, documentation, and mentoring.
Represent Application Engineering in customer engagements and cross-functional technical forums, helping align stakeholders and drive technical decisions and issue resolution.
Develop and maintain application notes, troubleshooting guidance, reference flows, operational runbooks, and other reusable technical resources.
Advance Application Engineering capabilities through continuous improvement, technical leadership, knowledge sharing, automation, and improvements to engineering standards, reusable flows, case-management processes, and supportability.
Contribute to GF continuous improvement initiatives aligned with evolving customer and business needs.
Other Responsibilities:
Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Compliance, Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs at GF.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, or PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
Working knowledge of Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) technology and circuit design development through tape-out, including battery chargers, DC-DC converters, LDOs, power switches, or related applications.
Demonstrated expertise in at least one relevant technical discipline and proficiency in a second, such as IC design, EDA tools and methodologies, semiconductor technology applications, or design enablement.
Working knowledge of semiconductor design-enablement components and interfaces, including PDKs, device models, IP, EDA tools, reliability requirements, and product engineering.
Ability to understand and advocate for customer requirements, translate complex needs into practical design or implementation solutions, and evaluate proposed solutions against technical objectives and implementation constraints.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical and…