Applications Engineer 3

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.

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.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide expert technical support by resolving device hardware and software issues, including intellectual property(IP)-related concerns, through debugging, simulation, and proactive customer education. Maintain close communication with stakeholders throughout the process.

• Collaborate with internal R&D and product development teams to enhance application features, improve usability, and optimize overall customer experience.

• Design, debug, and refine customer demonstration platforms and reference designs utilizing Lattice Semiconductor devices and evaluation boards.

• Enhance and/or author technical documentation such as data sheets, user guides, and application notes to support product implementation and understanding.

• Conduct thorough evaluation and validation of new software releases, ensuring functionality, reliability, and compatibility with hardware platforms.

• Participate in defining product specifications based on customer feedback, market trends, and technical requirements.

• Represent the organization in customer engagements including seminars, webinars, and technical training programs, delivering insightful presentations and demonstrations.

• Facilitate and deliver comprehensive device and tools training sessions to Lattice Field Application Engineers (FAEs), distributor FAEs, and end customers.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.

• Demonstrates a minimum of three (5) years of hands-on experience working with FPGAs or microcontroller-based systems.

• Proficient in Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) including Verilog, VHDL, or SystemVerilog.

• Experienced in digital circuit simulation, as well as board-level and code-level debugging techniques.

• Competent in operating electronic test instruments such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other diagnostic tools.

• Strong background with hardware communication protocols including JTAG, SPI, I²C, and UART.

• Exhibits strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, paired with excellent verbal and written communication skills for customer engagement.

• Capable of collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams across diverse geographical locations.

• Skilled in embedded systems programming using C/C++, with additional proficiency in low-level programming using assembly language is advantageous.

• Exposure to scripting languages such as TCL, Bash, or Python is advantageous.

• Prior experience working within Linux-based environments is considered an asset.

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, some 800 strong, 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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