About Careertakes

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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role summary

Confidential Client is hiring an entry‑level Associate Field Application Engineer to support customer adoption of AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGA platforms. This customer-facing role works with sales, senior FAEs, supplier partners, and customer engineering teams to enable architecture selection, evaluation, prototyping, bring-up, and delivery of production-ready solutions across embedded and programmable-logic applications.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship; Confidential Client cannot sponsor employment visas.

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What You’ll Do

• Assist with account penetration and technical sales plans focused on AMD adaptive SoCs, FPGAs, and embedded platforms.
• Present product capabilities, reference designs, evaluation kits, and development flows to customers and partners.
• Translate customer system requirements (performance, power, I/O, memory, security, lifecycle, cost) into device recommendations and solution approaches.
• Support design enablement using AMD Vivado, Vitis, vendor IP, evaluation boards, and embedded toolchains.
• Help with design entry, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, simulation, programming, hardware bring-up, and debug.
• Reproduce and document technical issues, provide first-line support, and coordinate escalations with AMD and internal engineering teams.
• Build demos, proof-of-concepts, workshops, and technical presentations to accelerate evaluations and design wins.
• Identify supporting system-level needs (power, timing, memory, configuration, thermal, connectivity, signal integrity) and collaborate with specialists to deliver complete solutions.
• Track opportunities from concept through NPI and production; maintain accurate technical milestones, risks, and next steps.
• Complete assigned product and application training and contribute market feedback and competitive observations.

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What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field, or equivalent experience.
• Entry-level role (typically < 2 years’ experience).
• Foundational knowledge of digital logic, computer architecture, embedded systems, and board-level electronics.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for technical presentations and customer interactions.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, curiosity, accountability, and a desire to learn in a customer-facing technical sales environment.
• Willingness to travel within an assigned territory and to relocate for career advancement when appropriate.

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Preferred Experience & Tools

• Academic, internship, or project experience with FPGAs, programmable logic, or embedded SoC development.
• Exposure to Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL and familiarity with simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, or hardware debug.
• Hands-on or coursework experience with AMD Vivado, Vitis, Zynq/MPSoC, Versal, or related FPGA platforms.
• Familiarity with C/C++, Python, Tcl, Linux, Git, embedded software, and common lab equipment.
• Understanding of interfaces and protocols such as Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, SPI, I2C, UART, USB, and high-speed serial transceivers.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Total compensation range: $85,000 - $105,000 per year.
• Benefits may include paid time off, retirement plans, medical/dental/vision insurance, disability coverage, education assistance, employee development, and wellness programs. (Benefits vary by role and employment type.)
• Position open until filled.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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