Roles / Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

APP-027v1

Applications Engineering, Sales & Customer SuccessIC4-IC7Individual contributor

Also known as: IP Applications Engineer; IP Sales Engineer; Pre-Sales Applications Engineer, IP; Technical Sales Specialist, IP

See this role on the SoC lifecycle

Summary

Helps SoC teams choose, evaluate and adopt licensed IP blocks, and unblocks technical questions during the sales cycle.

A day in the life

Work in progressNo day-in-the-life description has been written for this role yet. If you do this work, we would welcome yours. Suggest a source or a correction

Responsibilities

Project

Work done for a product or program.

Present IP portfolios and architecture trade-offs to customer SoC teams.
Run IP evaluation, benchmarking and integration checklists with customers.
Support configuration of customisable IP for customer targets.
Answer technical due diligence and security questionnaires.
Collect competitive information on rival IP and provide gap analysis.
Coordinate with IP design, verification and support teams for escalations.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

Support licensing discussions with technical scope definitions.

Major tasks

Project

Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
- Technical IP evaluation reports
- Integration guides and checklists
- Customer technical presentations
- Competitive IP comparisons
Support programsGeneral
- Agree what each program needs
- Deliver in time for milestones
Manage issuesGeneral
- Track requests to closure
- Escalate risks

Function

Run the functionGeneral
- Maintain policies and processes
- Keep records and controls
ImproveGeneral
- Report performance
- Lead improvement work

Works with

IP sales and account managers
IP design teams
Verification teams
SoC customers
Legal and licensing

Typical backgrounds

MS in electrical engineering, 6 to 15 years in SoC design or IP applications

Demand signal

0 open listings right now
0 Talent Wafer employer inquiries

Counts live listings tagged to this role, and employer interest in candidates from Talent Wafer runs for this role (all runs to date). Hub activity only, not the wider market.

Comp tier (within semis)

4 / 5

Remote feasibility

Medium

Semis core vs. portable

Core semiconductor-only

Geographic hotspots

Silicon Valley; Cambridge UK; Austin; Bengaluru; Tel Aviv; Hsinchu

Transfers to (industries)

EDA and software tools; Cloud and hyperscale; Consulting; Network equipment

Risk if vacant

IP deals stall in technical evaluation and customers pick competing IP with better pre-sales support.

Roles / Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

APP-027v1

Applications Engineering, Sales & Customer SuccessIC4-IC7Individual contributor

Also known as: IP Applications Engineer; IP Sales Engineer; Pre-Sales Applications Engineer, IP; Technical Sales Specialist, IP

See this role on the SoC lifecycle

Summary

Helps SoC teams choose, evaluate and adopt licensed IP blocks, and unblocks technical questions during the sales cycle.

A day in the life

Work in progressNo day-in-the-life description has been written for this role yet. If you do this work, we would welcome yours. Suggest a source or a correction

Responsibilities

Project

Work done for a product or program.

Present IP portfolios and architecture trade-offs to customer SoC teams.
Run IP evaluation, benchmarking and integration checklists with customers.
Support configuration of customisable IP for customer targets.
Answer technical due diligence and security questionnaires.
Collect competitive information on rival IP and provide gap analysis.
Coordinate with IP design, verification and support teams for escalations.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

Support licensing discussions with technical scope definitions.

Major tasks

Project

Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
- Technical IP evaluation reports
- Integration guides and checklists
- Customer technical presentations
- Competitive IP comparisons
Support programsGeneral
- Agree what each program needs
- Deliver in time for milestones
Manage issuesGeneral
- Track requests to closure
- Escalate risks

Function

Run the functionGeneral
- Maintain policies and processes
- Keep records and controls
ImproveGeneral
- Report performance
- Lead improvement work

Works with

IP sales and account managers
IP design teams
Verification teams
SoC customers
Legal and licensing

Typical backgrounds

MS in electrical engineering, 6 to 15 years in SoC design or IP applications

Demand signal

0 open listings right now
0 Talent Wafer employer inquiries

Counts live listings tagged to this role, and employer interest in candidates from Talent Wafer runs for this role (all runs to date). Hub activity only, not the wider market.

Comp tier (within semis)

4 / 5

Remote feasibility

Medium

Semis core vs. portable

Core semiconductor-only

Geographic hotspots

Silicon Valley; Cambridge UK; Austin; Bengaluru; Tel Aviv; Hsinchu

Transfers to (industries)

EDA and software tools; Cloud and hyperscale; Consulting; Network equipment

Risk if vacant

IP deals stall in technical evaluation and customers pick competing IP with better pre-sales support.

Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

Summary

A day in the life

Responsibilities

Project

Function

Major tasks

Project

Function

Works with

Pre-Sales Engineer, Semiconductor IP

Summary

A day in the life

Responsibilities

Project

Function

Major tasks

Project

Function

Works with

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