ARM

Director Applications Engineering Silicon

ARM$323K — $437K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in semiconductor/customer engineering/FAE roles, with 5+ years leading senior technical field teams.
  • Demonstrated success managing globally distributed customer-facing engineering teams.
  • Strong expertise in server silicon/platform integration and support.
  • Direct experience with major server and network infrastructure providers.
  • Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration with sales and engineering teams.
  • Familiarity with operational processes like incident management and critical issue governance.
  • BS in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science (MS preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a global team of 10-12 Silicon FAEs across various regions.
  • Oversee quality of global silicon customer support and evaluation processes.
  • Operationalize the evaluation and deployment workflow.
  • Establish staffing models, coverage strategies, and issue resolution frameworks.
  • Define and monitor metrics for customer support performance.
  • Collaborate with Sales and Engineering leaders on strategy and delivery risks.
  • Facilitate executive-level engagements with high-risk accounts.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Career development and technical enablement opportunities.
  • A collaborative work environment across multiple time zones.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources.
  • Opportunities for executive-level customer engagements.
Full Job Description
Role Mission

Invent and lead a high-performing global Silicon FAE organization that delivers consistent customer outcomes from evaluation through deployment. Develop L1 capability and maintain clear operating boundaries across all support levels. This is an outstanding opportunity to build and drive the future of Arm's Silicon support strategy!

What You'll Do

  • Lead, mentor, and compose a distributed team of 10-12 Silicon FAEs across multiple regions and time zones.
  • Own global execution quality for silicon customer support and evaluation motions.
  • Operationalize an evaluation/deployment process.
  • Establish staffing models, regional coverage, skill mapping, and on-call/critical issue frameworks.
  • Define and track important metrics: Day-0 pass rate, time-to-first-result, MTTR/MTTI, critical issue quality, customer progression to production.
  • Partner with Sales leadership, Account teams, Program Managers, and Engineering leaders on account strategy and delivery risks.
  • Ensure predictable critical issue into L2/L3 with high-quality evidence and closure in the field Ines.
  • Build technical enablement programs and career ladders for Silicon FAEs.
  • Represent the field voice in roadmap, errata, tooling, and support-content priorities.
  • Lead executive-level customer engagements for lighthouse/high-risk accounts.


Required Experience

  • 12+ years in semiconductor/customer engineering/FAE roles, including 5+ years leading senior technical field teams.
  • Proven leadership of globally distributed customer-facing engineering teams.
  • Strong background in server silicon/platform bring-up, deployment, and support models.
  • Direct experience with server and network infrastructure ecosystem players (hyperscalers, OEM/ODM, cloud, networking).
  • Demonstrated success operating cross-functionally with sales, product, and engineering at executive and working levels.
  • Strong operational difficulty in RACI, lifecycle gates, incident management, and critical issue governance.
  • BS in EE/CE/CS, or an equivalent level of experience (MS or equivalent experience preferred).


Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience crafting new FAE organizations during business model transitions (IP/CSS to silicon lifecycle ownership).
  • Familiarity with Arm-based server ecosystems and Cloud AI infrastructure.
  • Experience handling multilingual, multi-cultural teams across US/EU/China/Japan.
  • Prioritize partner and customers' needs and achieve great solutions.


Salary Range:

$323,000-$437,000 per year
We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

About ARM

ARM Holdings is a British multinational semiconductor and software design company, owned by SoftBank Group and its Vision Fund. With its headquarters in Cambridge, England, the company designs microprocessors, physical intellectual property (IP) and related technology and software, and sells development tools to deliver complete solutions for the digital world. ARM's technology is used in a wide range of applications, including automotive, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company was founded in 1990 and has grown to become one of the world's leading semiconductor IP companies.
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