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# Field Application Engineer at Efficient Computer

- **Company:** Efficient Computer
- **Location:** San Fransisco Bay Area OR Pittsburgh, PA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/efficientcomputer/jobs/4430011009

## Job description

Efficient Computer is rethinking computing from the ground up to solve one of AI's biggest challenges: energy. Our Fabric architecture delivers a 10–100x improvement in energy efficiency for general-purpose computation, including AI, while supporting familiar programming languages and software frameworks—unlocking new possibilities for autonomous machines, intelligent infrastructure, wearables, and space systems. With our first processor, Electron E1, now shipping in volume and more than $97 million in Series B financing recently announced, we're accelerating customer deployments and scaling our architecture to data center performance. Join us to build the hardware and software that bring intelligence wherever it's needed and help shape the next generation of computing.

We are seeking a Field Application Engineer to join our growing Sales Support team. Efficient's Field Application Engineers are the technical bridge between our customers and our engineering team, guiding customers from first evaluation through design-in and production. This position is a unique opportunity to shape how a new processor architecture is adopted in the market as part of a highly interdisciplinary team, helping to demonstrate the value of Efficient's breakthrough technology. You'll work directly with customers and help write the playbook: building reference designs, demos and application notes, and feeding what you hear from customers straight back to our Product and Engineering teams.

If you have experience as a Field Application Engineer who wants to be part of an intensely skilled team and wants to have an immediate impact on the growth of our Sales organization, we want to talk with you!

## Key Responsibilities

- Create and present Efficient's technical value proposition to customers, from engineers to executives
- Understand customer applications and system requirements, and propose optimal Efficient-based solutions
- Partner with Regional Sales Managers, distributors and representatives to secure design-wins and drive them to production
- Provide hands-on technical support throughout the design cycle, from evaluation and board bring-up to debugging and optimization
- Build custom demos, proofs of concept and benchmarks that show Efficient's performance and energy advantage
- Respond quickly and accurately to technical inquiries, RFQs and customer escalations, coordinating with internal engineering as needed
- Author reference designs, application notes and training materials for customers and channel partners
- Serve as the voice of the customer, feeding requirements and competitive insights back to Product and Engineering
- Build and maintain strong technical relationships with key customer engineering teams

Required Qualifications & Experience Requirements

- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field is required.
- Minimum 4 years of embedded software development experience with an understanding of embedded hardware including digital and analog circuits.
- Experience with ARM or RISC-V microcontrollers.
- Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems; Python for scripting, tooling and test automation
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers and JTAG/SWD debuggers
- Minimum 2 years of successfully supporting customer product development.
- Experience working with embedded software, sensor fusion algorithms, edge AI models and interfacing with wireless modules or wireless SOCs.
- Experience at a semiconductor company or MCU vendor supporting design-wins
- Background in target markets such as industrial IoT, wearables, smart home, medical or defense
- Willingness to travel to customer sites, up to 25% of time.

Personal Skills Required

- Strong customer communication skills in English, written and spoken.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and other departments.
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable presenting to customers, including live demos and whiteboard sessions
- Strong troubleshooting skills and persistence with ambiguous or undocumented problems
- Comfortable in a fast-paced startup where processes are still being built
- Able to juggle multiple customer engagements and prioritize by business impact

We offer a competitive base salary for this role, generally ranging from $160,000 to $230,000, plus a 10% annual bonus, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits. Final compensation will depend on experience, level, and location, with flexibility for the right candidate.

Why Join Efficient?

Build what's next. At Efficient, you'll tackle big challenges with room to take ownership and make an impact. We back you with competitive pay, equity, a 401(k) match, company-paid benefits, paid parental leave, and flexibility—plus opportunities to grow your skills and career as we scale.

## About Efficient Computer

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Efficient Computer is building the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose processor by combining a novel Fabric architecture with an intuitive compiler, targeting edge AI, industrial automation, space/defense, and beyond.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Brandon Lucia (CEO) and Nathan Beckmann (Chief Architect)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Semiconductor / Computer Hardware / AI Chips
- Target customers: B2B – OEMs and systems integrators in edge AI, industrial automation, satellite/space, automotive, defense, and consumer electronics
- Mission or purpose statement: To set a new standard for energy efficiency in general-purpose computation, enabling applications that are infeasible today due to energy constraints. [efficient.computer/about](https://www.efficient.computer/about)

## Products & Services
- **[Electron E1 Processor]**: A general-purpose processor featuring the proprietary Fabric architecture and 4MB of on-chip MRAM. It replaces von Neumann execution with a spatial dataflow model, delivering up to 1 TOPS/W and scaling from 5.4 GOPS to 21.6 GOPS. Designed for always-on AI inference at the edge. [efficient.computer/technology](https://www.efficient.computer/technology)
- **[effcc Compiler]**: A drop-in replacement for GCC/Clang that automatically extracts parallelism from C, C++, and TFLite code and maps it to the Fabric architecture. Provides ultra-fast compilation times and a GDB-compatible debugging experience. [efficient.computer/technology](https://www.efficient.computer/technology)
- **[Fabric Architecture]**: The core technology – a tiled grid of reconfigurable compute nodes that eliminates instruction fetch and decode overhead, achieving 10–100× energy efficiency gains over traditional CPUs and GPUs. [efficient.computer](https://www.efficient.computer/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $70.0M across 3 rounds (Seed and Series A)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Triatomic Capital (led Series A), Eclipse (led Seed round). Key advisors include Alex Hawkinson (founder of SmartThings and BrightAI). [linkedin.com/company/efficientcomputer](https://www.linkedin.com/company/efficientcomputer)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 46 employees (+79.4% YoY, +27 people)
  - 13,966 LinkedIn followers (+180.4% yearly growth)
  - First silicon product (Electron E1) delivered to customers in mid-2025, ramping to volume distribution in 2026
  - Customer traction in physical AI, space/defense, automotive, and consumer products

## Competitive Advantages
- **Fabric Architecture**: A fundamentally new compute paradigm that is 10–100× more energy-efficient than traditional CPUs/GPUs for general-purpose workloads, including AI inference.
- **Full Programmability**: Unlike specialized accelerators that only optimize isolated kernels, the Fabric architecture accelerates entire applications without requiring code rewrites.
- **Proven Silicon**: Two silicon implementations (Electron E0 prototype and Electron E1 product) are already in customer hands.
- **World-Class Team**: Founders and key engineers are leading computer architects from Carnegie Mellon University, with deep expertise in efficient computing.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the Electron E1 processor into high-volume production and distribution (targeting 2026).
- Expand into multiple verticals: physical AI, industrial automation, space/satellite, defense, automotive, and consumer electronics.
- Continue developing the effcc compiler ecosystem to support more frameworks and languages.
- Grow the engineering team, particularly in physical design, verification, architecture, and software optimization.

## Why Work Here
- **Cutting-Edge Technology**: Work on a novel processor architecture that redefines energy efficiency for the AI era.
- **Strong Growth Trajectory**: The company is scaling rapidly (nearly 80% headcount growth YoY) with a clear product-market fit and customer traction.
- **Engineering-Centric Culture**: 43% of the workforce is in technical roles, with a focus on computer architecture, compiler design, and silicon engineering.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive base salaries, meaningful startup equity, 401k matching, and a choose-your-own-adventure equipment allowance. [efficient.computer/about](https://www.efficient.computer/about)
- **Work Locations**: Offices in Pittsburgh, PA; San Jose, CA; and Austin, TX. Roles are on-site/hybrid at these hubs.
- **Values-Driven**: The company emphasizes integrity, impact, and accountability. [efficient.computer/about](https://www.efficient.computer/about)
- **Open Roles (as of mid-2026)**: 7 active positions including Design Verification Manager, Hardware Infrastructure & CI/CD Engineer, Senior Product Managers (Hardware/Software), Computer Architect, and Lead Physical Design Engineer.

## Sources
1. [efficient.computer](https://www.efficient.computer/)
2. [efficient.computer/about](https://www.efficient.computer/about)
3. [efficient.computer/technology](https://www.efficient.computer/technology)
4. [linkedin.com/company/efficientcomputer](https://www.linkedin.com/company/efficientcomputer)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/efficientcomputer](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/efficientcomputer)

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