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 RISC‑V 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

• Bachelor's/Master's 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 RISC‑V ecosystem or CPU IP integration

• Prior experience supporting automotive OEMs or Tier‑1 suppliers in Europe

• Experience with custom silicon or SoC development flows

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