Experienced Field Application Engineer

GlobalFoundries

München, DEonsitePosted Jul 17, 2026
Posting intelligenceActively listed

At a glance

Highlights

  • Remote-first
  • Well-funded Series B
  • Strong equity upside
  • No on-call
  • Async-friendly

Heads up

  • Up to 20% travel required
  • Minimum 15 years semiconductor industry experience

Why this role might suit you

The role offers deep technical engagement with semiconductor customers, exposure to cutting-edge GF technologies, and collaboration across global teams, making it attractive for experienced professionals seeking impact in a leading semiconductor manufacturer.

Skills

semiconductoric-designedatechnical-program-managementcustomer-engagementcompetitive-analysispresentation-designproblem-solvingteamworkownershipenvironmental-health-safetyenglish-language

About the role

About GF

GlobalFoundries® Inc. (GF®) is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF redefines innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions with leading performance in all growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development and manufacturing services. With a talented and diverse team and manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology provider to its global customers. GF employs approximately 13,000 people, including more than 3,000 in Dresden, Germany.

For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Introduction

The GlobalFoundries Field Application Engineer (FAE) engages with GF customers early to assess customer technical needs and identify the best GF technical solution to satisfy those needs driving the opportunity to DWIN and on towards tapeout. The FAE should understand and surmount any barriers of adoption the client may have for using GF technologies for their product development. FAE will work cross functionally with internal GF technical experts in pursuit of converting these opportunities to revenue.

Your Job

Engage with customers to understand their technical needs towards development of their semiconductor IC products.

Assess the competitive landscape to identify and advocate winning GF value propositions.

Partner internally with GF account managers, product marketing, and technical experts in the creation of compelling, application specific presentations to describe how GF technology solutions can help those customers develop their industry winning products.

Work closely with the account management team to merge technical and commercial terms into a design winning proposal.

Identify and resolve all issues / concerns to convert the design win into production ready design for tapeout to the fab.

Where competitive gaps exist, advocate internally for improved features and capabilities of GF solutions to close such gaps.

Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications

Education – Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical engineering or equivalent (e.g. applied physics, etc).

Experience – Minimum 15 yrs in semiconductor industry inc design and/or process.

Skills – Working knowledge of IC chip design flows and tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. Technical Program Management, active thinking, positive attitude, problem solving, strong responsibility and ownership, teamwork and personal communication skills are critical.

Travel – Up to 20%, primarily within Europe with some intercontinental travel.

Fluency in English Language – written & verbal.

Preferred Qualifications

Education – PhD in electrical engineering or equivalent.

Experience – 5 yrs in semiconductor product design at the chip or module level.

Experience – Industrial and Automotive Segment Experience

Skills – Direct experience in IC chip design flows and EDA tools from architectural definition through performance characterization. Exposure/Experience in one or more of Digital / Analog Mixed Signal/HV Power/eNVM/Millimetre Wave/Silicon Photonics IC product design highly desirable. SoC product integration/design experiences highly desirable.

Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong planning & organizational skills.

Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/careers/opportunities-in-europe/

Questions about this role

Click "Apply with AI Applyd" above and you are done. Your resume is rewritten for this advert, the screening questions are answered, and it is submitted on GlobalFoundries's own hiring system. No retyping your history, no fourteen tabs, no evening lost.

Compensation for Software Engineer roles in Germany varies widely by seniority, employer size, and remote vs onsite arrangement. Check the salary range on this listing when published, or browse our Software Engineer hub for Germany medians across recent openings.

You never touch the form - the application is filled and submitted for you on GlobalFoundries's own hiring system. It is not marked sent when we press submit. It is marked sent when a confirmation from their system arrives at the address we apply with, and your dashboard shows which stage each application is at until then.

Twelve applicant tracking systems have a real apply path: Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, iCIMS, Personio, Recruitee, Teamtailor, Rippling, Breezy and SmartRecruiters. Your application goes in on the employer's own hiring system, never into an aggregator queue.

Want AI Applyd to auto-apply to roles like this?

We tailor your resume per posting, fill the forms, and track replies for you.