Product Applications Engineer – Contract

Detailed Job Description  / Responsibilities:

• Provide direct technical support to customers on critical design issues.
• Work in a team environment in identifying customer problems and proposing appropriate solutions
• Provide customers advice on alternative design techniques and the implementation of solutions
• Provide information and data on a variety of Xilinx products
• Provide solutions for specific customer needs
• Working on specific tactical projects for key design programs
• Generating Application notes, Reference Designs and Answer Records
• Provide input to product development teams
• Handling customer escalations and tactical software patch requests
• Summarizing and providing customer feedback to development teams

Qualifications Required:

• BS in Computer or Electrical Engineering required, MS preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of applications engineering or related design experience
• Ability to communicate technical information in an organized and understandable fashion
• Customer oriented approach with a demonstrated concern and desire to work with and assist customers
• Good organizational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and track many activities
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills

Desired Skills :

• Understanding of FPGA design flow and tools (HDL, synthesis, timing, place and route, simulation, FPGA and board-level power and signal analysis) or Experience with ARM /Microblaze based embedded designs
• ASIC/FPGA design or verification experience – VHDL or Verilog
  Xilinx Vivado or ISE Design Suite experience - Configuration, High Speed IO Interfaces
• C++ skills and proficiency in using Software IDEs, Compilers, Debuggers
• Understanding of embedded systems design flow and tools and ability to independently research and resolve issues