Technical Staff Engineer- Product Engineering

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology is seeking an experienced Technical Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership for the High Power Solutions (HPS) Business Unit. This highly visible role combines deep technical expertise customer engagement and strategic market support to accelerate growth across high-power semiconductor and power conversion applications.

The successful candidate will serve as a recognized technical authority supporting customers field sales applications teams and business development worldwide. This individual will influence product direction drive design wins and help define system-level solutions spanning Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Modules IGBTs Gate Drivers and related high-power technologies.

The role offers broad exposure to strategic growth markets including Industrial Infrastructure AI Power Infrastructure Semiconductor Capital Equipment Grid & Energy Renewable Energy Medical and Commercial Transportation.

As business needs evolve this role may expand to include broader technical leadership responsibilities within the global Subject Matter Expert organization.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Drive strategic customer engagements and design wins by providing application expertise system-level guidance and technical leadership across key growth markets.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex customer challenges and provide recommendations on system architectures power topologies and component selection.
• Develop and deliver technical content including presentations application notes white papers and training materials to support customers and internal teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the continued growth of technical capabilities and engineering excellence across the HPS organization.

Customer & Market Engagement

• Partner with Business Development Managers Product Marketing and Applications Engineering to identify market opportunities support strategic accounts and accelerate business growth.
• Gather customer and market intelligence providing structured feedback to Product Line Management and Product Development teams to influence future products and technology roadmaps.
• Represent HPS in customer meetings technical workshops conferences and industry events worldwide.

Product & System Development

• Collaborate with Applications Engineering teams to develop evaluation boards demonstration platforms and reference designs.
• Support new product introductions application validation and system characterization activities.
• Assist customers with simulation design optimization and implementation of high-power conversion systems.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Applications Engineering Field Applications Engineering Power Electronics Design System Architecture or related technical disciplines.
• Strong experience with high-voltage and high-power semiconductor technologies including Silicon Carbide (SiC) IGBTs Power Modules or related power devices.
• Demonstrated expertise in high-voltage and high-power conversion systems including system architecture power topology selection and component integration.
• Proficiency with PCB design tools.
• Experience using circuit- and system-level simulation tools.
• Excellent knowledge of laboratory equipment and test methodologies including analysis and interpretation of results.
• Experience presenting technical information to customers field teams and executive audiences.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to work effectively with global teams.
• Willingness and availability to travel internationally.

Desirable Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with wide bandgap technologies particularly Silicon Carbide (SiC).
• Prior customer-facing technical support experience.
• Experience with digital signal controllers.
• Experience with digital control systems digital signal controllers (DSCs) or embedded power control architectures.
• Hands-on experience with embedded systems.
• Experience with PLECS MATLAB SPICE or similar circuit simulation tools.

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