Staff Field Applications Engineer
Pubblicato il 04-08-2026 - Azienda riconosciuta in Sesto Fiorentino
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales Account Managers to secure design wins and support revenue growth.
- Qualify customer opportunities and assess the suitability of SiC power devices for their applications.
- Provide pre‑sales technical support to demonstrate system‑level benefits and communicate the value of SiC solutions.
- Support customers throughout the entire design cycle—from samples and prototypes to pilot, pre‑production, and full production—including hardware debug and system‑level guidance.
- Support quality team on customer claims to determine root causes of field application failures.
- Use strong technical knowledge to address field requests with minimal support from factory engineering.
- Manage and train distribution FAEs to ensure consistent technical capability across the channel.
- Maintain effective communication with business unit teams to address customer technical requests.
- Deliver customer feedback and application insights to Marketing to support new product development.
- Leverage our Munich Lab to identify best practices for SiC component usage and generate new technical knowledge.
Requirements
- MSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent),
with 3–5 years of experience as a power semiconductor FAE, application engineer, or R&D; engineer in power electronics for applications above 1 kW.
- Strong technical communication skills, capable of interacting with customer development and application engineers at both system and component levels.
- Solid understanding of power electronics topologies, including both hard‑ and soft‑switching architectures.
- Comfortable working with high‑voltage semiconductor devices.
- Experience in circuit design, component selection, loss calculations, layout, and magnetic design; automotive experience is a plus.
- Fundamental understanding of semiconductor devices, including diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, and IGBTs.
- Strong analytical mindset and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Familiarity with industrial standards such as JEDEC, AEC‑Q, UL, and EMI/EMC.
- Willingness to travel frequently for on‑site customer support.
- Proficiency in MS Office and good working knowledge of LTspice and/or PLECS.
- Fluent in English and an additional relevant language.
- Able to work independently with strong proactivity and minimal supervision.