Sr. Staff Field Applications Engineer

About Silvaco, Inc.

For over three decades, Silvaco, based in Silicon Valley, California and with global locations around the world has solved semiconductor design challenges by offering affordable and competitive TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) software, EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software, proven design IP (intellectual property), and world class support to engineers and researchers across the globe. Silvaco solutions span from atoms to systems: starting with simulation of material behavior impacting semiconductor devices, to design and analysis of transistor circuits, and lastly providing IP blocks for systems-on-chip (SoC) designs. Our solutions are deployed in production flows across broad industry segments such as leading display companies, automotive OEM suppliers, and top Memory, 5G, and IoT (internet of things) providers.

Job Summary

Uses technical knowledge of Silvaco product offerings and CMOS, CMOS Image Sensors, and Power Devices to advise customers in their TCAD simulation efforts and address their technical obstacles. In so doing, they work as a partner to the sales teams to understand technical values and tradeoffs to our solutions as perceived by the customer and help determine account strategy for continued growth.

Works closely with key customers to gain insight into their technical roadmaps and immediate challenges to recommend the best matching solution Silvaco can offer. Understand customers’ success criteria and jointly implement evaluation plans to demonstrate and validate Silvaco’s solution. Collaborate and provide input to sales plans and proposals for accuracy, completeness, and enhance Silvaco’s technical differentiation. Drafts technical collateral that helps people better understand the technology and differentiation of Silvaco solutions.

Provides training and instructions to customers to reduce their friction in adopting and using Silvaco tools while gaining additional understanding of the customers’ application. Collaborates with customers’ implementation teams to troubleshoot problems, develop solutions, and propose additional features, modules, and/or products based on customers’ requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; include but not limited to:

• Working with users of Silvaco tools to
• Capture and isolate potential technical issues and suggesting workarounds or alternate approaches to relieve the problem and/or raising the issues to business unit as bug reports
• Understanding customer workflow and representing user-defined needs and feedback into business units
• Optimizing customers’ experience with Silvaco tools by promoting configuration improvements and/or incorporating new features and capabilities
• Working with applicable customer departments and functions to assure Silvaco products are properly installed and help validate the installations
• Making technical presentations for products, use cases and support status update to customers. Supporting sales effort by articulating technical value propositions, as well as demonstrating prototypes and product features
• Generating ideas for configuration and workflow improvements based on obstacles customers face in their work
• Documenting evaluation plans and customer support cases in SalesForce CRM
• Keeping up with advancements in key applications and workflow implementation
  

Minimum Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Masters Degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics Engineering, Solid State Physics, or semiconductor related academic program
• More than 8 years of industry experience
• Specifically in Semiconductor manufacturing, R&D, and/or integrated circuit design processes
• Must have demonstration of design, modeling, and/or simulation tool usage as part of industry work experience
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Intellectually inquisitive with creative problem-solving skills
• Persistence in tracking complex problems and projects with minimal oversight
• The ability to prioritize activities and deliver projects on time and within budget

• Application-specific experience
• Experience working for a company that manufactures semiconductor technology as an integrated device manufacturer, or as a foundry
• Experience running TCAD tools as part of a R&D team designing next generation semiconductor technology platforms or devices. Including initial TCAD deck setup, calibration, and design of experiments to optimize technology.
• Experience using TCAD to extract key figures of merit of device performance, and optimize device performance by examining tradeoffs of different design changes.
• Experience using TCAD to debug difficult semiconductor problems, resulting in verified improvement in manufactured devices
• Tool category experience
• Experience with Silvaco TCAD Tools (Athena/Atlas or Victory Platform) or 3rd party commercial TCAD Tools
• Experience with commercial EDA software, specifically for physical layout of semiconductor devices
• Experience with Design of Experiments techniques, and application to TCAD
• Experience with statistical analysis techniques and tools (e.g. JMP)
  

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in remote work team environment preferred
• Demonstration of industry technical thought leadership via participation in peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, patents, etc.
• Demonstration of team leadership via mentorship of colleagues, interns
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting
• Prolonged periods of typing
• Clarity of vision at approximately 20 inches or less (i.e., working with small objects or reading small print), including use of computers
• Ability to lift (up) to 15 pounds at times
  
  

As Part Of Our Team You’ll Enjoy

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional benefits package
• Paid Time Off and Holiday pay
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan
• A place where work-life balance is valued.
  
  

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,400-153,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, role-related knowledge and skills, depth of experience, relevant education or training, and additional role-related considerations.

Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

At Silvaco, we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at 408.567.1000.

PLEASE BE AWARE: The Silvaco Recruiting Team will only contact candidates through our HRIS platform to avoid phishing scams. This email will come from no-reply@ats.rippling.com.

https://www.silvaco.com/

The Pay Range For This Role Is

122,400 - 153,000 USD per year (Remote)