Principal Field Application Engineer, Physical AI (AI2472)

Brief Description: SiMa.ai™ is scaling Physical AI in Robotics, Automotive, Industrial, Aerospace and Defense, and Medical markets. We have created the industry's best purpose-built, software centric Physical AI HW/SW platform that leads the industry in Ease of use, performance, and power efficiency. SiMa.ai is led by technologists and business veterans backed by a set of top investors committed to helping customers bring ML on their platforms. SiMa.ai was founded in 2018, has raised $355M and is backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Maverick Capital, Point72, MSD Partners, VentureTech Alliance and more. For more information, visit

Job Title: Principal Field Application Engineer, Physical AI

Job Location: Germany – Stuttgart (This position requires a full-time, on-site presence in our Germany - Stuttgart office)

Job Number: AI2472

Description: The Principal Physical AI Hardware FAE provides technical support for SoC-based hardware designs, helping customers with schematic and PCB reviews, power architecture, high-speed interfaces, signal integrity, bring-up, debugging, validation, and compliance testing. The Principal Physical AI Hardware FAE acts as the technical bridge between customers and SiMa.ai, ensuring successful integration, performance optimization, and issue resolution from prototype to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers integrating our SoC.
• Provide hardware design support, including schematic, PCB layout, and power architecture reviews.
• Support implementation and optimization of high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, USB, MIPI, and SerDes.
• Assist customers with board bring-up, debugging, validation, and system performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot hardware, signal integrity, power integrity, and system-level issues through root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with silicon, hardware, software, and product engineering teams to resolve customer issues and drive design improvements.
• Develop technical documentation, application notes, design guidelines, and customer training materials.
• Manage technical escalations and ensure successful customer deployment from prototype through mass production.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in hardware design, system engineering, validation, or Field Application Engineering.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, digital hardware design, and system integration.
• Experience reviewing schematics, PCB layouts, and power delivery architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with board bring‑up, debugging, and validation of complex embedded systems.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces, including PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, USB, MIPI, and SerDes technologies.
• Familiarity with signal integrity, power integrity, and hardware troubleshooting methodologies.
• Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and JTAG tools.
• Strong customer-facing communication, presentation, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively across cross‑functional engineering and customer teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI accelerators, NPUs, and edge AI platforms.
• Familiarity with DDR5, LPDDR5/5x/6, UCIe, and advanced packaging technologies.
• Knowledge of Linux, embedded firmware, and hardware/software interaction

PREFERRED

• Based in Germany / Stuttgart
• System/Solution Architecture (HW + SW + Edge/Physical AI) experience.
• Prior experience in customer-facing roles such as Application/Field Application Engineering.
• Experience with AI/ML, Conversational AI, and LLM based applications.
• Willing to travel ~50% of the time.

Personal Attributes

Self-motivated individual with a “Can-do” attitude. Strong team player. Curious, creative and good at solving problems. Execution and results-oriented. Self-driven, Thinks Big and is highly accountable. Good communication skills.

EEO Employer

SiMa is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or any other protected classification.