Field Applications Engineering

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Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.

We are looking for a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) responsible for Lattice customers in San Jose, CA. Working closely with sales, this FAE is responsible for all pre-sale and post-sales technical interaction with customers and Lattice factory experts to maximize Lattice presence and design wins. If you are a strong self-learner and enjoy collaborating and interacting with other people, this could be a great opportunity.
 
Responsibilities
•    Identify and develop new opportunities within accounts.
•    Give product presentations to the customer describing how Lattice products provide the optimum solution for their application.
•    Give product demonstrations and execute benchmarks to show product capabilities and ease of use.
•    Provide technical support to customers in their selection and use of Lattice silicon products, development tools, IP, and solutions stack
•    Provide technical leadership and guidance that focuses on design win strategies for all customer opportunities
•    During customer's product design, being responsible for design assistance, including onsite visits to review designs, examine customer problems and provide suggestions on innovative ways to use Lattice products.
•    Assist the customer throughout the development cycle to ensure the successful completion of their product.
•    Provide solutions to a wide range of challenging problems.
•    Manage relationships between Lattice and customers by establishing relationships with key individuals at accounts.
•    Understand competitors' strengths and weaknesses relative to the appropriate technical strategy.
•    Provide timely feedback to the factory on product and strategy issues to ensure Lattice can respond to and/or anticipate changes needed to maintain success.
•    Position will require some travel to customer location in the <location>
 
Desired Skills/Experience
•    7+ years of desired experience with FPGA and/or ASIC design using Verilog or VHDL and simulation/verification tools
•    Experience with Lattice Radiant and Diamond tools and/or other FPGA vendors’ development tools
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong presentation skills, and the ability to work with multiple groups and projects
•    Experience in a customer support or customer-facing role a plus
Education
•    BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. MS or PhD 

Benefits

The base pay for this role is between $165,000 to $205,000 per year. In addition to base salary, we offer an incentive plan bonus and new hire equity for a competitive total compensation package. 

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.

Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions.  Our global workforce shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.  For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management  devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com.  You can also follow us via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace.  Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.

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