Manager-Applications Engineering

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology Inc. has an Applications Engineering Manager opening based in Austin, Texas or Chandler, Arizona to join the Communications Business Unit to lead the US-based technical support team for our high performance 64-bit RISC-V MPUs. The candidate will be responsible for generating, managing, and maintaining a suite of software design collateral for Microchip’s latest SoC/MPU device.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Tier 1 OEMs in the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Industrial and Communications sectors to define requirements, manage deliverables, and support initial design bring-up to full production

• Able to work independently, yet in a team environment 

• Willing to travel to work on-site at large corporations to debug software, and firmware while under tight deadlines

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to support customers

• Have a key focus on assisting the customer ramp to production

• Own the responsibility of providing technical support for customer post-production products

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in EE, CS, or CE

• Minimum 12.5 years professional experience, ideally with high-performance, embedded multicore processor / SoC / MPU

• Lead and mentor a technical support team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment

• Proficient in C and/or C++ programming, with demonstrated experience in debugging complex software systems and driver level experience helpful

• Demonstrated ability to use AI-based tools to assist in software development and debugging

• Create, update, and deliver technical training materials to address evolving customer and product needs

• Develop sample applications for demonstrating various capabilities of Microchip's MPUs

• Experience working with compilers and debuggers, build tools, and building open-source applications for Linux, VxWorks or RTOS

• Experience with RISC-V, MIPS or ARM based embedded processors

• Experience with scripting (Python, Perl, TCL, etc)

• Experience working with Marketing and Sales teams

• Customer facing experience

• Strong teamwork, communication, and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Management or team lead experience

• Experience with Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe, TSN, functional safety, fault tolerant MPU architectures, processor software stack and ecosystem

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