Hardware Strategic Applications Engineer

Job Description

Provide pre and post sales technical support to Xilinx FAEs and focus customers by means of system and module level design evaluations and issue resolution, occasional customer visits and informal training. For focused customer strategic programs, become a technical contributor and extension of customers development team along with FAE counterpart. As a secondary job function, provide feedback to various product development teams to help define future product enhancements and evolution including IP cores, device architectures and software tools.

Key Areas and Activities:
FAE / CUSTOMER TECHNICAL SUPPORT (85%)
Help debug customer designs and identify software and/or hardware issues through simulation and use of WebEx (remote analysis)
Provide technical assistance to help achieve FAE design win targets
Develop product demonstrations
Run design benchmarks (evaluate size, performance & power)
Convert existing designs to Xilinx target device

Perform HDL code optimization
Help customers achieve timing closure
Support customer project design reviews
Develop, recommend and support customer design methodologies
Develop key macros for strategic customer designs
Prepare and present technical training material
Develop application notes and tactical IP
Engage in customer solution proposals
Fulfill Titanium support contracts as driven by resource limitations, geographical and skill-set need
Participate in creation of TSAs (Tech Services Agreement) [prior to developing any tactical IP or support engagements expected to exceed 2 man weeks]

NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (15%)

Develop support strategies for new product introductions
Provide technical input for marketing shows, seminars, & conferences
Attend new product trainings and other technical training classes or courses
Write application notes (depending on available time and interest level)

Qualification should be from electronics fields only..

Salary: Not Disclosed by Recruiter

Industry: Semiconductors / Electronics

Functional Area: IT Software – Embedded , EDA , VLSI , ASIC , Chip Design

Role Category:Admin/Maintenance/Security/Datawarehousing

Role:Technical Support Engineer
Keyskills
Technical Training
Strategy
New Product Introduction
Product Development
Technical Support
Project Design
MTI
VCS
NC – Verilog
VHDL
Verilog coding
synthesis
Desired Candidate Profile

Education-

UG: B.Tech/B.E. – Computers, Electronics/Telecommunication, B.Sc – Computers, Electronics

PG:Any Postgraduate – Any Specialization, Post Graduation Not Required

Doctorate:Doctorate Not Required

BEng/BSc in Electronic/Computer Engineering with proficient knowledge of VHDL/Verilog coding, synthesis (Synplicity/Exemplar), and simulation (MTI, VCS, NC-Verilog). Demonstrated capability for lab and system debug utilizing common test equipment. Excellent interpersonal, telephone, written and group communication skills. Good organizational skills with the ability to multi task, prioritize, and track many activities. Service and results oriented with a strong desire to support customers and work as an extension of a dynamic sales team. Strong references.

Desired: Detailed knowledge of most recent Xilinx FPGA and CPLD products as well as Xilinx and third party EDA tools. Experience supporting customers. Extensive Xilinx specific design experience including demonstrable proficiency with Xilinx design methodology and implementation tools. Analog and multi layer PC board design experience. Power distribution design experience including FPGA bypass capacitor selection.

Company Profile:

Xilinx India Technology Services Pvt. Ltd.

Xilinx the programmable imperative�� Since our founding more than 25 years ago, Xilinx has been a semiconductor industry leader at the forefront of technology, market and business achievement. Today, Xilinx is the world’s leading provider of programmable platforms, with $2.4B in revenues in fiscal year 2011 and nearly 50 percent market share. The programmable logic device (PLD) market – one of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor industry – grew by 48 percent in 2010 to $4.9B USD and is projected to double from 2009 levels to $6.6B USD by 2013 (Source: IC Insights). Xilinx programmable chips are the innovation platform of choice for today’s leading companies for the design of tens of thousands of products that improve the quality of our everyday lives. Due to their inherent flexibility, Xilinx award-winning programmable solutions – silicon, software, IP, evaluation kits and reference designs – are used by more than 20,000 customers to: When you work on technology used everywhere from Mars to your local shopping mall, by organizations from NASA to CERN, there’s no room for ordinary. Xilinx India�in Hyderabad http:// www. xilinx. com/ company/ india/ But we do have plenty of room for smart people with smart ideas. Although we’ve been involved in the Indian market for over a decade, our R&D centre is relatively new�we opened our Hyderabad facility in 2006, to collaborate with some of the industry’s best engineers. We’ve grown fast, doubling our initial head count and expanding to accommodate even more world-class thinkers. Our engineers are working on IC design, IP development, software development and systems and applications development. We�ve been a member of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the premier trade body representing our industry, since its founding in 2005. ISA is committed to building global awareness of our industry and supporting growth through initiatives like networking, events and alliances. We’re also proud that our Worldwide Technical Support group has established its presence and continues to grow as part of the India team. All that hard work is paying off�we�ve delivered leading-edge products at the 40 and 28 nanometer nodes and our next-gen products will feature even smaller specifications. There’s a reason our engineers are so passionately devoted to what they do. At Xilinx India, we operate differently than most companies. We develop technologies from end-to-end, so you�ll actually be designing the breakthroughs that the world depends on. It�s a pretty amazing feeling to have real impact doing real design. Join us, and experience it for yourself. – Founded 1984 – ~3,000 employees worldwide – 20,000 customers worldwide – 2,500+ patents – Inventor of the field programmable gate array (FPGA) – Pioneer of fabless manufacturing model – Headquarters in San Jose, Dublin and Singapore – Publicly traded company since 1990 (NASDAQ: XLNX) – $2.4B in revenues in fiscal year 2011

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Recruiter Name:HR

Email Address: [ravikir@xilinx.com]

Website:http://www.xilinx.com