Field Application Engineer, AMD

Adelaide; Work arrangement: Work from home, with travel tocustomer sites About the role Join Avnet’s team to help customers explore and adopt AMD FPGA, Adaptive SoC, and embedded x86 technologies.

Responsibilities

• You will work with customers, account managers, and AMD specialists to understand product ideas, evaluate solutions, and move projects forward.
• This is a work-from-home role.
• You must be comfortable working autonomously while also co-creating solutions online with peers.
• What you’ll do Learn about customers’ products and goals, then help connect them with suitable AMD technologies and specialist support.
• Build relationships with new and existing customers through visits, technical discussions, demonstrations, and follow-up.
• Take ownership of customer questions and opportunities, coordinating with colleagues and AMD specialists when needed.
• Prepare clear presentations, demonstrations, training material, and written updates.
• Keep learning about AMD products and share useful knowledge with customers and the team.
• Use agentic AI tools to help plan and carry out multi-step work, such as research, preparing materials, organizing follow-up, and exploring technical questions.
• Review the results, check important claims against reliable sources, and protect customer and company information.
• How you’ll succeed You will earn customers’ trust by listening carefully, learning quickly, and following through.
• You will use your own initiative and the tools available to you to help customers make progress, while building your technical expertise over time.
• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.

Requirements

• We welcome recent graduates with a strong passion for technology and AI as well as experienced applicants.
• What matters most is your curiosity, initiative, ability to learn, and enthusiasm for helping customers solve problems.
• A valid driver’s licence and the ability to travel to customer sites.
• A degree in Electronics Engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A strong interest in technology and the motivation to learn about AMD FPGA and embedded x86 products.
• you identify the next step and follow through on commitments.
• The ability and willingness to use agentic AI tools productively and responsibly, while applying your own judgment to their output.
• Clear communication skills and an interest in working directly with customers.
• C/C++, embedded Linux, boot and board bring-up, kernel or device-driver work, or processor-based system integration.
• Embedded x86 platforms: AMD Ryzen Embedded or EPYC Embedded, BIOS/UEFI, operating system integration, interfaces, graphics, networking, or power and thermal considerations.
• Experience with Yocto or Buildroot; Linux kernel and drivers; PCIe, Ethernet, USB, or DDR; Python or Tcl scripting; oscilloscopes or other debug tools; edge AI or machine learning; and designs using microcontrollers or AMD SoCs would also be useful.
• We do not expect one candidate to cover every area.

Preferred

• Good to have Experience in any of the following areas would be valuable , recent Graduates who have strong technical passion will be considered and are welcome to apply.
• AMD development tools such as Vivado or Vitis; RTL, embedded processing, system integration, or high-speed interfaces.

They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.