Field Application Engineer

Job Description
Welcome to Codasip
We believe Codasip is the most innovative processor solutions company. We take pride in
designing and developing cutting-edge, high-performance , and
energy-efficient CPU
cores from scratch, and our own automated proprietary tools to fully customize them. We give our customers a unique competitive advantage by empowering their
system-on-chip
developers to build the most innovative products.
Our processor cores are based on the
RISC-V
open architecture. The potential for customizing RISC-V is unlocked with the
Codasip Custom Compute approach : our unique architecture description language,
CodAL , and the powerful automated processor design tool, Codasip Studio. These are at the heart of our unique and groundbreaking RISC-V processor solutions.
Founded in 2014,
we've grown into a thriving and talented global community. Our
IP
engineering teams work from offices spread across
Europe , including our first and largest design center in the beautiful city of
Brno , Czechia. Across
Europe , we already have design teams in
Cambridge, Bristol, Munich, Villeneuve-Loubet, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Heraklion and Athens.
The Codasip team is also based close to its customers, which means we have dedicated sales and application engineers in the USA, Japan, Korea, and China.
Codasip is a private company backed by
well-funded EU grants . Our products are already making a real impact, with billions of devices already in the market powered by our
processor IP and tools.
Role: Field Application Engineer
Location: UK (preferably Cambridge OR Bristol OR London)
Employment: Full-time
Hiring managers
are Gautham Kripalani and Anish Nair
Team members are
Alexey Shchekin, Víctor Carro, Timothy Duthie others.
At Codasip our
Field Application Engineers
play a critical role in supporting our sales managers and linking customers back to our R&D engineering teams, making sure evaluations go well and providing both pre and post-sales support. FAEs are responsible for building trust and long term relationships with our customers. They have to be able to get their hands dirty debugging customer problems and providing technical advice and guidance. You will be supported by technical experts in our European HQ.
Main responsibilities include:
Technical engagement with customers from initial prospect to post-sales support.
Support regional sales team in all sales and business development related activities.
Develop collateral such as application notes, customer and conference presentations.
Provide feedback and intelligence from customers to R&D for improving our products and influencing the future roadmap.
Core Skills and Competencies Required for the Field Application Engineer Role:
Collaboration. As an FAE, you will have to collaborate with multiple teams across the business. This will often include the sales and marketing department, the engineering department, product management, sales management.
Communication. The ability to speak and write to a high standard is crucial. You will frequently have to present new products both to customers and at conferences, telling the ‘story’ of products. You may also contribute to collateral such as application notes or training material.
Technical credibility. You need to be trusted by customers to give impartial advice and answer their technical questions accurately.
Organizational Skills. Individuals need to be highly organized to manage multiple tasks and customers effectively and efficiently.
Requirements
BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
5+ years of experience in the
EDA or semiconductor IP industry.
Prior experience as an
FAE
or in a customer-facing technical support role.
Knowledge of embedded programming including Arm or RISC-V assembly code.
Understanding of processor design, how a CPU pipeline works.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability and willingness to travel, potentially up to 20% of the time.
SOME USEFUL LINKS ON CODASIP:
Codasip RISC V Processor Solutions
Design for differentiation: architecture licenses in RISC‑V
Scaling is Failing - Dr. Ron Black, CEO, Codasip
Codasip Labs to accelerate advanced technologies