Forward Deployed Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Summary:

We are seeking a capable and experienced Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join our Semiconductor team. This role will work onsite with strategic semiconductor customers, shipping AI and software solutions that run inside their engineering and test workflows. The selected candidate will work shoulder to shoulder with the customer’s design, validation, characterization, test and product teams to turn real engineering pain points into working solutions.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on software engineer and technical consultant with strong experience building production software using generative AI, complemented by a working understanding of the semiconductor lifecycle. The role requires ownership, technical depth, clarity in communication, and the ability to deploy and debug in complex, secured customer environments.

Position Overview:

The Forward Deployed Engineer – Semiconductor will embed full-time with a strategic semiconductor customer and own the end-to-end solution journey, from discovery and problem framing to architecture, development, field deployment and iteration. The role will coordinate closely with customer engineers and managers across design, post-silicon validation, characterization, ATE/production test, applications and product engineering. The position will also drive measurable outcomes such as cycle time saved, yield insight gained and manual effort removed through rapid, feedback-driven iteration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Embedding - Work onsite with semiconductor engineering teams across design, post-silicon validation, characterization, ATE/production test, applications and product engineering.
• Problem Framing - Run discovery with engineers and managers and map their workflows. Turn loosely defined pain points into scoped, measurable use cases.
• Solution Architecture - Design solutions that fit the customer’s infrastructure, security rules and tool chain. Make and communicate the key technical trade-offs.
• Production-Grade Development - Build data pipelines for test and lab data (STDF, bench logs, wafer/lot data). Develop API and tool integrations, and AI/LLM and agentic workflows.
• Field Deployment & Debugging - Get solutions running on customer servers, lab machines and clouds. Troubleshoot in live environments with instruments, test systems and EDA/PLM tools.
• Rapid Iteration & Outcome Delivery - Ship early versions in weeks and gather field feedback. Improve continuously until the outcome is proven — cycle time saved, yield insight gained, manual effort removed.

Qualifications:

• BE/BTech/MS in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software, including 2+ years in semiconductor, test & measurement or hardware-adjacent engineering.
• Strong Python experience.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines, REST/gRPC APIs, databases, and MLOps or LLM/AI application workflows.
• Working understanding of the semiconductor lifecycle — design, bring-up, validation, characterization, production test — and the data each stage produces.
• Comfort deploying and debugging onsite in complex, secured enterprise and lab environments.
• Clear communicator who can translate engineering needs into architecture and explain trade-offs to engineers and managers alike.
• Willingness to work full-time at customer sites and travel as engagements require.

Good to Have Skills:

• Familiarity with semiconductor test data formats (STDF), wafer/lot data and yield analysis.
• Exposure to lab instruments, ATE/test systems and EDA/PLM tool chains.
• Experience building LLM-based or agentic applications in production.
• Consulting or customer-facing engineering experience, with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations.
• Proactive, outcome-driven, and comfortable working with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• We want every Soliton member to grow to their highest potential. Our work environment helps individuals explore their interests and potential and reach out to the resources and people available at Soliton to realize them. Read more about what it’s like to work at Soliton Careers | Soliton Technologies
• Solitons choose their work hours as long as it takes into account the requirements of the job. We take special care to support mothers to excel at work while they handle their responsibilities at home.
• At Soliton, we believe that every team member contributes to our success and revenue, directly or indirectly. To recognize this, we share a portion of our profits with all Solitons. Starting from your second year with us, you’ll be eligible to receive a share of the company’s profits.
• Health insurance for employees - your health is a priority!

About Soliton:

Soliton Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a high-technology software company headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Soliton works with global companies, from start-ups to Fortune 500, across industries including Semiconductors, Medical Devices, Automotive, Industry 4.0, and Robotics to help them increase their competitiveness and release great products through Software Engineering Services. Since 1997, we have been growing over 25% annually because we especially focus on raising our standards constantly, to deliver an excellent experience to both our customers and our employees.

Soliton Technologies is a certified Great Place to Work® in the Mid-Sized Organizations Category, recognized and issued by the Great Place to Work® Institute. This certification is a testament to our focus on our values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence, and Innovation.

With a team of over 400 employees across the world, we forge ahead as engineers working to our heart’s content, moving humanity forward.

Additional Details:

• Work Location (US - San Jose and Dallas): This role is customer-embedded and requires working 4–5 days a week at the client site. Also we are looking for candidates with active US work visa/US residents.
• Employment Type: Full-time.
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