Principal Field Application Engineer – Robotics

Role Summary

As a Robotics Senior Field Application / Solution Engineer you will serve as a customer-facing technical owner for robotics-related opportunities covering humanoid robots AGV/AMR platforms drones and other intelligent mobile robotic systems.

This role requires strong system-level understanding hands-on embedded engineering experience and the ability to translate customer requirements into practical semiconductor-based solutions. You will work closely with customers sales teams product teams application engineers and ecosystem partners to identify technical needs define solution architectures support design-in activities and accelerate customer adoption of MCU MPU connectivity motor control sensing power management safety and security technologies.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable discussing robotics architectures from both hardware and software perspectives including real-time control communication networks motor control perception interfaces embedded software enablement and system integration challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Customer Engagement and Requirement Collection

  • Engage with robotics customers to understand system architecture roadmap and technical needs

  • Identify pain points and translate into solution proposals and product requirements

  • Drive opportunity qualification design-in and design win execution

  • Serve as the trusted technical partner throughout the project lifecycle

• Robotics System Architecture Support

  • Support system-level solution definition for robotics platforms (humanoid AMR drones)

  • Contribute to architecture across compute real-time control motion control sensing and networking

  • Recommend optimal product selection (MCU/MPU connectivity motor control power security)

• Solution Development and Internal Alignment

  • Work with AE product R&D and sales teams to develop customer-centric solutions

  • Deliver architecture proposals block diagrams and technical materials

  • Provide structured feedback to influence product roadmap and ecosystem readiness

• Technical Support and Issue Resolution

  • Support hardware bring-up and embedded software debugging

  • Resolve system-level issues across interfaces control and communication

  • Coordinate escalations and ensure timely issue closure

• Robotics Enablement and Ecosystem Support

  • Deliver technical workshops demos and training to customers and partners

  • Promote adoption of reference designs SDKs and embedded platforms (Linux/RTOS/ROS2)

  • Collaborate with ecosystem partners to accelerate solution readiness

Requirements:

• Experience and Background

  • Bachelors degree or above in Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Automation Robotics Computer Engineering Embedded Systems or a related technical field.

  • 8 years of experience in embedded systems semiconductor technical support robotics electronics industrial automation motor control or customer-facing application engineering.

  • Experience working directly with customers in technical discussions design reviews issue debugging requirement collection or solution promotion.

  • Practical experience in system-level design or support rather than only single-module development.

• Technical Skills

  • Strong understanding of robotics systems (humanoid AMR drones or motion control)

  • Solid knowledge of MCU/MPU architectures and embedded software (C/C RTOS Linux)

  • Familiar with key interfaces & protocols (Ethernet EtherCAT CAN SPI I2C etc.)

  • Understanding of motor control and actuator systems is a plus

  • Hands-on debugging experience with lab tools

• Soft Skills

  • Strong customer communication and solution-selling mindset

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and cross-functional collaboration

  • Willingness to travel; good English communication skills

• Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in robotics (humanoid AMR UAV) or industrial automation

  • Familiarity with industrial networking (TSN EtherCAT CANopen)

  • Experience with NXP or similar embedded platforms

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