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For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, which was built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn't do it without our extraordinary workforce - and that's where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career!
Cirrus Logic is a fabless semiconductor company delivering high-precision analog and mixed-signal ICs for some of the world's most demanding applications. We are at an exciting inflection point - actively diversifying our business beyond our core markets, with automotive as a primary growth vector. This role is central to that effort.
The Senior FAE is a customer-facing technical leader with a primary focus on automotive accounts across the Americas. Beyond automotive, this person will also play an active role in helping Cirrus Logic identify and execute on broader diversification opportunities - working alongside the sales team to engage new markets and customers where our technology can win. You will work at the intersection of applications engineering, strategic selling, and product marketing - serving as the technical authority for customers and a key feedback channel to Cirrus Logic's business units.
This is not a reactive support role. We expect this person to proactively identify platform opportunities, shape customer architectures early in the design cycle, and close designs before the competition does.
Customer Engagement & Design Win Execution
- Own technical relationships at target automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and broad-market customers across the Americas
- Lead system-level architecture discussions for automotive audio and mixed-signal applications, including codecs, amplifiers, haptics, and precision analog
- Identify and influence key technical buying decisions early in the design cycle - before reference platforms are locked
- Create and deliver compelling technical presentations, application notes, and proof-of-concept evaluations that accelerate customer design-in
- Provide hands-on applications support through schematic review, layout guidance, firmware bringup, and real-time debug
Automotive-Specific Responsibilities
- Engage directly with automotive OEM system architects and HW/SW engineers on next-generation platform architecture decisions
- Support high-priority automotive platform pursuits as the technical lead for the Americas
- Translate customer platform requirements and competitive gaps into structured product feedback for Cirrus Logic business units - influencing roadmap prioritization and new product definition
- Collaborate with Cirrus Logic automotive product teams to align roadmap to customer platform timelines and production schedules
- Monitor the competitive landscape and bring differentiated technical positioning into customer conversations
Broad Market & Diversification
- Identify and engage emerging customer opportunities outside of automotive - helping the team validate where Cirrus Logic's technology can create value in new markets
- Identify disruptive customers and platform shifts; push market intelligence back to Cirrus Logic business units to influence roadmap
- Develop reusable technical collateral that scales the team's impact across accounts, and feed structured market and customer insights back to Cirrus Logic business units to shape roadmap decisions
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as the voice of the customer with product marketing, BU engineering, and executive leadership - translating field intelligence into actionable product definition input
- Partner with Account Managers on account planning, pipeline development, and executive engagement
- Work within a structured strategic selling framework to qualify opportunities, map buying influences, and advance deals
- Log all technical activities, design win milestones, and competitive intelligence in Salesforce CRM
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in applications engineering, FAE, or systems engineering roles in the semiconductor industry
- Deep hands-on expertise in analog/mixed-signal ICs - audio, power management, precision sensing, or related domains
- Direct automotive customer engagement experience - OEM or Tier 1, ideally in infotainment, audio, or power electronics systems
- Proven track record of influencing platform architecture decisions and closing design wins in complex B2B sales cycles
- Strong lab skills: oscilloscopes, signal analyzers, embedded firmware debug, schematic and layout review
- Ability to synthesize customer and market feedback into clear, actionable product definition input for internal engineering and marketing teams
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with emerging automotive architectures such as 48V systems, zonal distribution, or next-generation infotainment platforms
- Familiarity with automotive functional safety requirements and qualification processes
- Curiosity about and exposure to markets beyond automotive - consumer, industrial, or adjacent applications where analog/mixed-signal ICs are relevant
- Experience working cross-functionally with product marketing or BU engineering teams to influence product roadmaps
- Experience with Salesforce CRM and strategic account planning methodologies
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Export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit candidates who are nationals of certain embargoed countries from working in this position without Cirrus Logic first obtaining an export license. Candidates for this role must be able to access technical data without a requirement for an export license. We are unable to sponsor or obtain export licenses for this role.
Cirrus Logic strives to select the best qualified applicant for any opening. Different approaches, ideas and points of view are both valued and respected. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
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Cirrus Logic
Mar 12, 2026