[Hiring] Staff Field Applications Engineer @Lattice Semiconductor

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Staff FAE to join our South China team, based in Shenzhen, China. This role is responsible for supporting the design-in and production deployment of Lattice FPGA solutions across key markets, including automotive, industrial, video, and server applications. The successful candidate will work closely with customers, channel partners, sales teams, and global R&D organizations to help drive customer success and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Pre-Sales Technical Support (Design-in)
  • Serve as the primary technical interface for customers, providing application support for Lattice FPGA, CPLD solutions.
  • Recommend device selection and solution architectures based on customer requirements and application scenarios, including industrial control, automotive, video bridging, video processing, server, and medical applications.
  • Partner with sales teams on customer visits, technical training, solution demonstrations, and validation activities to drive new design opportunities.
• Customer Project Support (Design-win)
  • Support customers throughout the FPGA development lifecycle, including design reviews, tool training, debugging, and board-level troubleshooting.
  • Resolve technical challenges related to timing closure, resource utilization, device configuration, and system integration.
• Post-Sales Production Support
  • Provide technical and quality support for customers during production and post-production phases.
  • Collaborate with Applications Engineering and Quality teams to investigate issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and implement corrective actions.
• Channel Enablement and Market Intelligence
  • Deliver technical training and project support to distributor FAE teams to enhance their technical capabilities.
  • Collect customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and industry trends to provide input on product planning and market strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of electronics industry experience, including at least 5 years in FPGA development or technical support (FAE/AE).
• Strong knowledge of the Lattice FPGA portfolio, including Avant, Nexus, ECP, and MachXO device families.
• Proficiency with Lattice development tools such as Radiant, Diamond, and Propel.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA design flows, including RTL design, simulation, timing analysis, implementation, and debugging.
• Proficient in Verilog, System Verilog, or VHDL.
• Experience designing, integrating, or debugging high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, SerDes, MIPI, DDR, Ethernet, HDMI, and DP/eDP.
• Strong board-level debugging skills with hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other test equipment.
• Knowledge of at least two application areas, including automotive electronics, industrial automation, video processing and bridging, or server systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive and self-motivated mindset.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with global R&D teams.

Requirements

• 电子工程、微电子、通信工程、计算机科学或相关专业本科及以上学历。
• 10年以上电子行业经验，其中至少5年 FPGA 研发或高级技术支持（FAE/AE）经验。
• 熟悉 Lattice FPGA 产品生态，包括 Avant、Nexus、ECP、MachXO 等系列。
• 熟练使用 Lattice Radiant、Diamond、Propel 等开发工具。
• 具备 FPGA 全流程开发经验，包括 RTL 设计、仿真、时序分析与调试。
• 熟练掌握 Verilog/System Verilog 或 VHDL。
• 具备高速接口（PCIe、SerDes、MIPI、DDR、Ethernet、HDMI、DP/eDP 等）设计或调试经验。
• 具备板级硬件调试经验，能够熟练使用示波器、逻辑分析仪等测试设备。
• 对汽车电子、工业控制、视频处理/桥接、服务器等领域中的至少两个行业有较深入理解。
• 具备较强的分析问题和解决问题能力，自驱力强。
• 良好的客户沟通和跨团队协作能力。
• 具备良好的英语读写及口语沟通能力，能够与全球研发团队进行技术交流。

Benefits

• This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in China.
• Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry.
• Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry.