Senior Applications Engineer II – Physical Layer (m/f/d)

Location: Germany - Karlsruhe

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

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Job Description:

In this position, you will be part of the Applications Engineering team, acting as a key interface between customers, product marketing, design, validation, and verification teams. You will contribute across the entire product lifecycle – from initial concept development to customer feedback.

You will work in a dynamic, international, and collaborative environment, playing a key role in the development of innovative and market-leading SPE (Single Pair Ethernet) products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and evaluate new concepts for SPE products, including simulation, prototyping, and validation
• Collaborate closely with design teams to transform concepts into robust and scalable solutions
• Support validation and compliance processes to ensure products meet customer and industry requirements
• Create, review, and maintain technical documentation and application notes
• Provide technical support to customers and ensure alignment with design recommendations
• Drive high product quality by contributing expertise in signal integrity and EMC throughout the design and validation phases
• Perform analysis, testing, and debugging using internal and external lab equipment
• Collaborate cross-functionally and communicate complex technical topics to stakeholders with varying levels of expertise

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (e.g. Mechatronics, Physics) with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master’s degree preferred
• Experience with Ethernet / SPE technologies (100BASE-T1 / 1000BASE-T1)
• Experience with Ethernet compliance and certification processes
• Strong background in analog and digital circuit design
• Experience in system- and circuit-level simulation and analysis
• Hands-on experience with modern measurement equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum/signal/logic analyzer, VNA)
• Experience in signal integrity and EMC testing and debugging
• Strong technical documentation skills (reading and authoring)
• Programming / scripting skills (Python, C, C++, C#, Java, uPython)
• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style
• Fluent in English (business level)

Preferred skills:

• Experience in the automotive industry
• Experience in the semiconductor industry
• Familiarity with AI-supported workflows
• RF design and debugging experience
• PCB design experience (Altium)
• Firmware development experience
• Soldering skills
• German language skills

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