Senior Field Applications Engineer (Spanish & French) Job Listing at AMD in Spain (Job ID 84248-en-us)

Description

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Field Applications Engineer (FAE) - Spain - Madrid 

The Role: 

We are looking for our next team members to help drive a new era of computing into the datacenter or for enterprise accounts by engaging with key end users & platform and software partners to demonstrate AMD technology differentiators addressing their business needs in real world usage scenarios. To be responsible for providing technical support to commercial end user accounts within their defined region(s) or vertical market(s). This position is accountable to the commercial sales team and the field engineering director for all aspects of technical engagements required to support sales and account objectives. The ideal team member will also occasionally provide training to teammates and assist them with their own unique challenges.  

The FAE will cultivate a deep technical understanding of client, workstation and server processor architecture, operating systems (Windows and Linux) or hypervisors (ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V), compilers, and application software & AI. The successful FAE will leverage the synthesis of this knowledge to understand application performance at the system level and guide the customer.  

The Person: 

• Knowledge on commercial clients (desktop/laptops) or servers (CPU or GPU) at hardware & Operating System levels. System administrator experience is a plus. 

• A good balance of hardware, system architecture and software expertise 

• Ability to cultivate strong internal (sales, marketing, engineering) and external (customer) relationships; demonstrated history of success in developing and maintaining such relationships  

• Pre-Sales experience is a plus (or customer relationship, in sales or service environment)  

• Hands on experience in the setup and configuration/deployment of systems including software, networking or GPU infrastructure  

• Proven experience as engineer (or equivalent technical role)  

• Fluent in spoken and written Spanish. Native Spanish speaker. Fluent in spoken and written French. Capacity to also present and handle business and technical discussions in English.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Articulate AMD based technology offerings across multiple market verticals  

• Provide hands-on, expert-level technical discussions to end-users & partners 

• Partner with other AMD and vendor subject matter experts to build specific customer solutions  

• Analyze vendor product solutions and evaluate product performance based on customer needs  

• Provide technical assistance to Sales org in promoting AMD based commercial solutions  

• Capacity to Install and test solutions, as required, to ensure successful evaluations or future deployments  

• Lead technical design sessions; architect and document technical solutions that are aligned with end-user objectives 

• Design and manage the execution of evaluations to ensure a quality solution is delivered  

• Capture a solid understanding of the competitive landscape and clearly articulate the technical differentiation and value proposition associated with AMD versus its competitors 

Preferred Experience: 

• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more market verticals including datacenter CPU or GPU, virtualization, cloud computing, high performance computing, workstation, or commercial clients.  

• Proven understanding of client or server software ecosystem in one or more areas including OS/hypervisors, compilers, and profiling tools  

• Good working knowledge of client or server hardware ecosystem 

• Experience in application/workload profiling, tuning and performance assessment a plus  

Academic Credentials: 

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent (Computer Science or Electrical Engineering preferred) or higher 

Location: 

Spain: Madrid 

Travel: 

40% 

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD's “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.