Applications Engineering, Power Management

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections for a smarter world advancing solutions that make lives easier better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications NXP is driving innovation in the automotive industrial & IoT mobile and communication infrastructure markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise in more than 30 countries.

NXPs Advanced Power Systems (APS) product line is seeking an application engineer with expertise in power management applications. As an application engineer for the APS product line at NXP you will be working on the fast paced and leading edge for power management devices for the latest in consumer and industrial applications. You will be a major influence in the development evaluation and support of low-power management in consumer wearable and industrial products. We are looking for a candidate that can understand the technical problems customers face and provide technical solutions to resolve those issues.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Good understanding of principal power architectures such as Buck Boost Buck-Boost and related process and package technology trade-off between system/design constrains power/thermal analysis
• Responsible for evaluating power management devices in handheld power applications writing application notes and giving technical support to FAEs and customers.
• Understand basic knowledge of measurement tools and method for analog circuit characterization Efficiency Gain-phase stability transient response etc.
• Strong analog electronics knowledge and school experience
• Hands-on experience on circuit testing and trouble shooting in lab environment.
• Basic Microcontroller experience understanding microcontroller architectures state machines and basic C coding skillset.
• Battery management basic understanding of battery charging/discharging and basic principles considered as a plus
• Work closely with product definers design business management and customers throughout the product evaluation and optimization
• Provide technical support to key customers and field engineers
• Write application notes user guides articles design ideas datasheet manuscripts for internal/external publication Research competitive solutions and devise better ones
• Support new product development and key customers. Participate in board-level design reviews with internal engineering team and prepare evaluation kits.
• Good communication skills able to explain system concepts and detailed technical requirements (writing and/or verbally) to internal teams and customers.
• Self-motivated creative and results-oriented.
• Prior experience in PMIC preferred for IoT/Industrial applications.
• Bachelor degree or higher degree in electronic engineering or related discipline with 1 to 3 years of work experience as a plus.

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