Senior Product Application Engineer

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THE ROLE:
We are looking for an Embedded Product Applications Engineer (PAE) to provide technical support for Xilinx FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), SoCs (System on a Chip), and ACAPs (Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform) as well as the associated Xilinx tools, software drivers, and IP (Intellectual Property). The PAE works with customers, field engineers, technical marketing, and factory engineers in a worldwide team to rapidly resolve complex technical issues. The PAE enables customers to complete their designs and recommends improvements to AMD products. The environment is fast moving with a focus on emerging technologies.
THE PERSON:
As a PAE you will deliver embedded application support to our growing customer base for the next generation of products AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is producing. In this high visibility position, your expertise will be necessary to define application products, develop solutions, assess root causes, and produce solution resolutions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide direct technical support to customers on critical design issues with a focus on embedded software and hardware
Collaborate with cross functional team members to identify customer problems and propose appropriate solutions
Advise customers on design techniques and the implementation of alternative solutions
Develop tactical projects to explain or demonstrate product features.
Generate self-support materials including application notes, reference designs, and answer records
Analyze customer cases and use data to influence product improvements.
Identify gaps in products, provide test cases and work with engineering to resolve problems
Shall cater mostly to Japanese customers, expect proficiency in both Japanese & English langauge
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Building, debugging, and deploying complete embedded Linux systems from source, including bootloaders
Experience on AMD tools like Vitis, Vivado would be preferable
Comprehensive knowlede of boot flow and Arm based SoC architetecture(Eg: MPSoC)
Use of U-Boot, Linux kernel, root filesystems, device-tree, QEMU and XEN hypervisors
Computer architecture knowledge including interrupt, cache, and peripheral standards (Ethernet, USB (Universal Serial Bus), I2C, UART, CAN, DisplayPort).
Experience in C, C++, shell/Python scripting
Familiar with at least one additional O/S in addition to standalone and Linux – examples
include FreeRTOS, uC/OS III, VxWorks, etc
Knowledge of RTL (VHDL/Verilog) would be an advantage
Outstanding oral and written communication skills in both Japanese & English
High initiative and self-starter
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
Experinece on x86 embedded will be addded advantage
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or related equivalent
LOCATION:
Tokyo, Japan
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