Field Application Engineer EMEA (MIPS)

About GF

We are seeking a Field Application Engineer (EMEA) to support and drive customer engagements with leading Industrial Aerospace & Defense (A&D) and Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) customers across Europe. This is a customer-facing technical individual contributor role responsible for enabling design wins by bridging customer requirements with MIPS product portfolio including processor IP software tools and custom silicon solutions.

Your Job

Customer Technical Engagement

• Act as the primary technical interface for customers during pre-sales and early development phases

• Support customer engineering teams in evaluating and adopting MIPS solutions

• Provide hands-on technical guidance on: Processor IP integration Software toolchains and development environments and System architecture considerations

Design-In & Design Win Support

• Drive design-in activities at assigned customers and design houses

• Support technical discussions to secure design wins for: CPU IP licensing Custom silicon programs and solutions. Assist customers in transitioning from evaluation to implementation

Solution Enablement Help Customers Understand and Implement MIPS Value Proposition

• Open RISCV architecture flexibility

• Multi-threaded high-performance compute

• Functional safety-ready solutions

• Support system-level optimization for performance power and cost

Technical Problem Solving

• Troubleshoot and resolve customer technical issues across hardware and software domains

• Work closely with internal engineering teams to escalate and address complex challenges

• Ensure timely resolution of customer issues to maintain project momentum

Collaboration with Sales & Business Development

• Partner with Business Development to support opportunity creation and closure

• Provide technical input to proposals RFIs and customer presentations

• Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams

Ecosystem & Market Support

• Support engagement with ecosystem partners (software EDA design services)

• Participate in customer workshops demos and industry events

• Help position MIPS solutions within the broader semiconductor ecosystem in EMEA

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters degree in an engineering discipline or similar

• 2-5 years in Field Application Engineering Applications Engineering or Design Engineering

• Experience in Semiconductor IP SoC/ASIC development or embedded systems Industrial A&D or IDM electronics or related markets

• Proven track record supporting customer engagements and design wins

• Strong understanding of Industrial A&D or IDM electronic architectures (MCUs SoCs domain/zonal controllers)

• Familiarity with: Processor architectures Embedded software development (compilers SDKs OS) and System-level design and integration

• Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills

• Ability to operate independently in a field-based role

• Hands-on technical mindset with strong debugging capability

• Ability to bridge technical depth with customer business needs

• Fluent in English (Written & Verbal: C1)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RISCV ecosystem or CPU IP integration

• Prior experience supporting automotive OEMs or Tier1 suppliers in Europe

• Experience with custom silicon or SoC development flows

• Understanding of functional safety standards or design requirements in A&D