Engineer Business Development – India
Location: India (Bangalore & Pune preferred)
About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
Role Overview
We are looking for a motivated Business Development Engineer – India to support the growth of MIPS with local leading and multinational technology leaders, semiconductor ecosystem partners, design houses in India. This role is ideal for candidates with 2-5 years of experience in business development, sales, or account management within technology-related industries.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities with customers across India.
- Support customer engagements throughout the entire sales cycle, from initial contact and opportunity assessment to proposal development and commercial negotiations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with engineering, purchasing, and business stakeholders at customer organizations.
- Conduct market research and monitor technology, industry, and competitive trends to identify growth opportunities and support business strategy.
- Position and promote MIPS solutions, including custom silicon platforms, processor IP licensing, and RISC-V technologies, by aligning customer needs with business and technical value propositions.
- Develop and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities, support forecasting activities, and provide regular business updates to management.
- Collaborate with engineering, product management, marketing, and ecosystem partners to ensure successful customer engagements and long-term business growth.
- Represent MIPS at customer meetings, workshops, conferences, trade shows, and industry events to strengthen market presence and expand strategic partnerships.
- Help identify and engage new customers through scalable outreach activities, ecosystem programs and partner networks
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s with 8 to 12 years of experience OR Masters with 8 to 10 years of overall experience. 2-5 years of experience in business development, sales, or account management.
- Background in semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, or related technology fields preferred.
- Understanding semiconductor design, RISC-V, IP licensing, or system architectures is advantageous.
- Comfortable engaging customers through both on-site and digital communication channels and supporting multiple customer engagements efficiently by using modern collaboration and digital engagement tools
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-driven, organized, and comfortable working across technical and commercial teams.
- Fluent English required (C1); German are a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Industrial, Aerospace & Defense, Infrastructure or Semiconductor markets.
- Exposure to semiconductor IP, ASICs, SoCs, embedded software, or electronics systems.
- Experience working with customers, partners, or suppliers in a technical environment.
GlobalFoundries is an equal opportunity employer, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe having a multicultural workplace enhances productivity, efficiency, and innovation whilst our employees feel truly respected, valued and heard.
As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities. All offers of employment with GlobalFoundries are conditioned upon the successful completion of background checks, medical screenings as applicable and subject to the respective local laws and regulations.
Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/about-us/careers/opportunities-asia
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 8 to 12 years of overall experience, or Master's degree with 8 to 10 years of overall experience
- 2 to 5 years of experience in business development, sales, or account management
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Fluent English proficiency at C1 level
- Ability to engage customers through on-site and digital communication channels
- Ability to manage multiple customer engagements using modern collaboration and digital engagement tools
- Self-driven, organized, and comfortable working across technical and commercial teams
- Background in semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, or related technology fields
- Understanding of semiconductor design, RISC-V, IP licensing, or system architectures
- Experience in industrial, aerospace and defense, infrastructure, or semiconductor markets
- Exposure to semiconductor IP, ASICs, SoCs, embedded software, or electronics systems
- Experience working with customers, partners, or suppliers in a technical environment
- German language proficiency
GlobalFoundries Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GlobalFoundries and has not been reviewed or approved by GlobalFoundries.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support is presented as a meaningful part of the package. Wellness programs and an Employee Assistance Program add to the sense of broad health coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with matching from day one and access to an employee stock purchase program are positioned as notable financial benefits. Retirement provisions are repeatedly framed as a strong counterweight to other compensation concerns.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous, including high annual vacation accrual, dedicated sick time, and additional personal days. Extended paid parental leave frameworks are also outlined as a substantial leave benefit.
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What We Do
GlobalFoundries (GF) is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF is redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions that provide leadership performance in pervasive high growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development, and fabrication services. With a talented and diverse workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology source to its worldwide customers. For more information, visit www.gf.com. GlobalFoundries is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V).#CB
