Senior Field Applications Engineer at Microchip - USA

Location: Karnataka
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 19, 2026

Description

Microchip Technology is hiring an Embedded Solutions Engineer (ESE/FAE) specializing in FPGAs to provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support, convert design wins into revenue, lead FPGA architecture and design reviews, support clients through design-in and post-production, and develop account strategies. The role requires an engineering degree, 5–7+ years of FPGA-based design or applications experience, deep FPGA and HDL knowledge, EDA-tool experience, high-speed interface knowledge, and embedded processor experience. The position involves 0–25% travel and requires strong communication, debugging, strategic thinking, and customer-engagement skills.

Required Skills

FPGA design
Verilog/VHDL
FPGA EDA tools
High-speed interfaces
Embedded CPUs
C and Linux
System debugging
Technical presentations

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an engineering discipline such as EEE, ECE, EIC, ETC, or VLSI, with a strong academic record.
Required Previous Experiences: 5–7+ years of relevant experience in FPGA-based design or applications.
In-depth experience with Microsemi/Microchip, Xilinx, or Altera FPGA devices and deep knowledge of Verilog or VHDL.
Hands-on experience with Libero, Vivado, or Quartus FPGA design software and synthesis and simulation EDA tools.
Experience with high-speed serial transceivers and interfaces including PCIe, DDR3/4, LPDDR3/4, and MIPI.
Experience with embedded soft-core or ASIC-based CPUs using RISC-V or ARM architectures.
Preferred Qualifications: Embedded processor experience with C and Linux, software debugging tools, and customized Linux-image development.
Familiarity with hardware security concepts and HSM-based key provisioning.