Principal Application Engineer
Job description
• As part of the onsemi GaN division, you will contribute to the development and proliferation of 40V to 1200V GaN in various key applications, with products such as transistor, bidirectional switch, integrated power stage, and smart Power IC.
• Provides technical leadership, drives architecture decisions, and collaborates closely with device, package, and reliability teams.
• Create ‘customer ready’ material to support product promotion and engagement at customers, including evaluation board, demo board, datasheet, application notes, white papers, and other collaterals
• Optimize onsemi content in customer systems
• Showcase onsemi technology and breadth of portfolio
• Demonstrate how customers can benefit from integration of onsemi technology
• Drive cross-selling/solution-selling across the onsemi portfolio
Responsibilities
• Execute comprehensive product validation based on benchmark analysis
• Identify the real system needs through deeper engagement with customers
- Design, bring up, and validate power electronic hardware prototypes
- Drive electrical, thermal, EMI, and reliability debugging and root‑cause analysis
• Promote, design-in and validate GaN solutions into customer’s systems
• Support marketing with roadmap creation and product definitions
• Drive schematics and layouts for reference designs and customer specific solutions
• Create documentation and collateral such as analysis & measurement reports, application notes, white papers user manuals and datasheets
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across projects
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics
• 10+ years of experience in power electronics and/or wide‑bandgap semiconductor applications
• Ability to setup and run simulations including Spice, Plecs, Simplis, etc
• Strong hands-on experience
• Strong ‘PCB level’ design and debugging skills
• Experience in product definition is a strong plus
• Experience and know-how in specific applications: ACDC power supplies, DCDC stages, AI server, motordrive, renewable energy systems
• Willingness to travel - 30%
• Self-esteem, self-motivated with initiative and ability to work in a global team environment
• Ability to manage and motivate cross functional teams without direct report responsibility
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
onsemi
(Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.