Applications Engineer

Overview

In this role you will support Cirrus Logic customers through the full product lifecycle, driving design-in, debugging, and issue resolution for mixed-signal audio and related devices. You’ll collaborate with IC, systems, and validation teams to define requirements and build reference designs and demos. The position offers hands-on engineering work, cross-functional impact, and travel for customer enablement. You’ll contribute to next-generation products and customer success in a hybrid Edinburgh setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct engineering support for customers and field personnel across the product lifecycle
• Lead customer design-in activities including system bring-up, debugging, and production issue resolution
• Lead root-cause analysis of complex system-level customer issues across hardware, firmware, and silicon
• Develop application notes, white papers, demo-boards, and reference-design manuals
• Develop demonstration platforms and reference designs using PCB schematic tools and coordinating with layout engineers
• Develop firmware and RTL modules for customer reference and demonstration
• Develop advanced Python code demonstrating product operation and capabilities
• Execute customer-application focused data collection and circuit analysis
• Contribute to next-generation mixed-signal product definition
• Collaborate with IC Design, Systems, and Validation engineers to align design requirements with use cases
• Operate with high autonomy in managing tasks and cross-functional status communication
• Travel approximately 2 weeks per year for customer bring-up, winning designs, and onsite debugging

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronics Engineering and semiconductor industry experience
• Aptitude in understanding interfaces like I2C, SPI, USB, UART, I2S and high-speed data buses
• Experience in component selection, schematic entry, and PCB layout knowledge
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Verilog, C, Python, MATLAB or similar
• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, audio analyzers, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Mixed-signal hardware and audio-related backgrounds preferred

• Strong communication and collaboration
• Self-starter with ability to work autonomously
• Cross-functional collaboration
• I2C, SPI, USB, UART, I2S interfaces
• PCB schematic entry and PCB layout
• Verilog, Python, C, MATLAB programming

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