Principle Applications Engineer – FAE

 

The Company:

Ambarella, the worldwide leader in AI vision, HD and 8K video, is on a mission to bring AI and computer vision to wide variety of commonly used devices, from surveillance cameras to robots to autonomous cars.  With a focus on ultra-low power SoCs, Ambarella offers a scalable portfolio of products that incorporate industry leading image processing, neural network accelerators and high-resolution video compression capability.  This powerful combination is empowering generations of intelligent camera systems to extract valuable data from high-resolution video streams. Ambarella has offices in multiple locations globally with principal executive offices in Santa Clara, California.

Job purpose:

Work within a strategic customer base to support business development, secure design wins and provide front line technical support for customers / activities in the European market.

Key responsibilities:

Drive design wins at targeted Automotive customers in the EMEA region. Support pre and post sales activity in Europe -  Trusted advisor to customers for feasibility, specification and implementation choices Co-develop technical responses to customer RFI / RFQs w/marketing & factory experts. Preparing, bringing-up and maintaining demos on regional Amba vehicles & tradeshows. Installing and training customers on development systems / DKs, SDKs and Tools Preparing reference design and development systems for customer, reviewing customer-facing materials and releases Technical mediation between customers and factory / Taiwan Systems team. Distil customer technical challenges and define next generation features for future Ambarella SoC’s, cameras. Support regular internal communications on key customer activity, identifying obstacles, success criteria, decision makers, timing and critical factors for sourcing.

Education and Experience Requirement:

BSEE minimum. 7+ years of experience with customer facing roles involving embedded SoC semiconductor solutions containing significant systems, tools and software elements. Experience with Automotive customers and history of success customer product launches. Working knowledge of end equipment in automotive ADAS w/emphasis on video and image processing, radar and other environmental sensing technologies; LiDAR, ultrasonic, etc. Established history of navigating large, complex customer organizations to gain access to key executive and engineering decision makers.  Strong communicator with well-established customer relationships. Ability to work in an entrepreneurial environment and collaboratively as part of a global go-to-market team.