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Staff Field Applications Engineer

Italy
C C++ Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering MS Office LTspice PLECS
Description

Staff Field Applications Engineer

Location: Italy

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

*This position will need to be based in Italy.*

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.
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