Sr. Customer Application Engineer

The Senior Customer Application Support Engineer (CAS) will provide advanced technical leadership for power conversion motor control and energy management solutions across key customer accounts in India. This role combines deep technical expertise with handson customer engagement to support product designin optimize system performance and enable successful mass production deployments.

The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of power electronics motor control algorithms embedded systems and realworld application tuning/debugging along with the ability to engage directly with customers field teams and global R&D.

Key Responsibilities

1. Customer Technical Support & Design-In

• Lead technical ownership for customer design-in activities in power conversion and motor control applications.
• Support customers through the full lifecycle: architecture definition design validation optimization production.
• Provide troubleshooting debugging and optimization support on hardware firmware and control loops.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure robustness efficiency and thermal compliance.

2. Power Conversion Expertise

• Guide customers on power topologies such as:
  • ACDC DCDC on-board chargers DCDC converters
  • Inverters SMPS PFC DAB LL resonant topologies
• Support system modeling efficiency tuning EMI/EMC compliance thermal optimization and protection schemes.
• Recommend appropriate power devices (MOSFETs IGBTs SiC/GaN) and gatedriver strategies.

3. Motor Control Expertise

• Support motor control for BLDC PMSM induction motors and SRM use cases.
• Configure and tune FOC (Field-Oriented Control) sensorless control and advanced control loops.
• Work with MCU/MPU/NPU-based motor control platforms for EV traction robotics whitegoods industrial drives HVAC and mobility solutions.

4. Technical Documentation & Collateral Development

• Develop application notes schematics design guidelines reference designs and customer kits.
• Create training material and deliver workshops to customers channel partners and internal teams.
• Provide technical insights to improve documentation and support materials.

5. Collaboration with Global Engineering Teams

• Act as the technical bridge between India customers and global R&D / product teams.
• Provide field feedback for product roadmap feature improvements and bug resolution.
• Support evaluation platform creation firmware releases and silicon validation.

6. PreSales & PostSales Technical Enablement

• Partner with Business Development and Sales teams to influence early architecture decisions.
• Present product advantages benchmarks competitive comparisons and solution differentiation.
• Support PoCs prototypes and performance evaluations at customer sites.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Requirements (MustHave)

• 712 years of experience in power electronics motor control or applications engineering.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Power supplies converters inverters and highvoltage design
  • BLDC/PMSM motor control FOC PWM strategies gate drive tuning
  • MCU/MPU/dSPIC/ARM Cortex microcontrollers for real-time control
  • Power semiconductor devices (MOSFET IGBT SiC/GaN)
• Handson experience with:
  • Oscilloscopes power analyzers current probes
  • Motor tuning platforms simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink PSIM LTspice)
  • Hardware bringup debugging EMI/EMC analysis

Soft Skills

• Strong customerfacing communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work across crossfunctional teams and manage multiple projects.
• Problem-solving mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to simplify complex concepts for nontechnical stakeholders.

Education

• B.E./ or M.E./ in Electrical Engineering Power Electronics Electronics or related fields.

Additional certifications in power electronics or motor control are a plus

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