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# Foundry Applications Engineer

- **Company:** STMicroelectronics
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $151,200.0 - $189,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Notes, Data Centers, Program Design Languages
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/354c191f-db5c-4d1e-94d2-9fa6cc7d9ef3

## About the Role

We are looking for candidates who understand the intersection of light and silicon with product development or applications expertise in at least one of the following:

 * High-Speed Optics: Expertise in 100G/200G+ per-lane electrical interfaces, TIAs, and drivers.
 * SiGe BiCMOS processes: Understanding of SiGe HBT physics for ultra-high-speed signaling including exposure to industry leading processes
 * High-Speed RF: Expertise in cellular or satellite RF front end IC(s), beam former ICs, RADAR or other RF components.

Additional Qualifications

 * BSEE and 10+ years in design, process development or applications engineering.
 * Working knowledge of data center architectures, interconnect technologies, optical transceivers.

## Description

In this role, you will act as the main technical bridge between ST's foundry customers designing RF components for 1.6T, 3.2T and higher data rate optical engines using ST's SiGe BiCMOS, Advanced Packaging and other related process technologies.

The candidate will collaborate with customers' design and operations teams along with ST's internal marketing, sales, business unit, foundry and central R&D teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for design engineers with background and experience in design of RF Front End ICs, TIA(s), drivers, and signal conditioning ICs to make an impact in a customer-facing and highly visible facing role., Provide training and on-boarding to ramp-up up foundry customers' design teams on ST process platforms

 * Provide timely and effective support to technical issues or customer questions regarding ST PDK and IP/library deliveries for simulation, layout, extraction, reliability.
 * Enhance PDK documentation, develop application notes and best practices to be shared with customer(s) and internal teams.
 * Lead regular (Weekly, bi-weekly, quarterly) technical calls with customer and internal teams to ensure smooth execution of assigned design programs from inception to product tape-out, delivery of engineering samples and production ramp-up.
 * Participate in definition of photonic/electronic reference designs, proof-of-concept board/system builds.
 * Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in semiconductor/photonics technology to incorporate best practices into PDK/IP/libraries development.


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