Principal Field Applications Engineer – High-Speed Interconnect

Remote, South Africa

Data Center Market Focus

Location: Remote (UK/EMEA)

Travel: 35% or less

Revenue Responsibility: $100M+ Design Win Portfolio across Nvidia and other EMEA optical customers

THE OPPORTUNITY

Semtech is a global leader in high-performance analog ICs for high-speed optical and copper interconnect. As AI workloads drive exponential bandwidth growth toward 1.6T infrastructure, interconnect is becoming the major limiting factor in data center scaling, creating an unprecedented market opportunity at the intersection of technical innovation and commercial impact.

This Principal Field Applications Engineer – High-Speed Interconnect represents a pivotal strategic hire, a technical strategist and commercial catalyst positioned to drive $100M+ in design-win revenue and establish market dominance across hyperscaler data centers.

The dual mandate is clear: secure immediate design wins with Semtech 's current portfolio of high-speed analog ICs for optical and copper connectivity in AI networks, while simultaneously leading long-term customer co-development initiatives that will define our competitive position in next-generation 1.6T and 3.2T connectivity.

The role also extends technical...