Principal System Engineer (High Voltage & Gate Drivers)

Principal System Engineer (High Voltage & Gate Drivers)

European Tech Recruit are working closely with a leading semiconductor company, based in Milan, who are looking for a talented Principal System Engineer with High Voltage & Gate Drivers experience to join their team.

In this role you will serve as the Business Unit’s technical expert on isolated gate drivers. You will be responsible for understanding customers’ system and applications, developing application tools, contributing to product roadmaps and joining product promotion with marketing and sales when needed.

Responsibilities as Principal System Engineer :

• Technical Leadership : Serve as a recognized technical expert, providing in-depth system-level understanding to solve complex customer challenges.
• Customer Support: Provide direct technical support to customers and collaborate with marketing, sales, and Field Application Engineers (FAEs) to maintain strong customer relationships.
• Product Innovation: Influence and contribute to new product definition and roadmaps, translating customer needs into technical requirements.
• Tool Development: Create and apply sophisticated tools, models and reference designs that help customers integrate isolated gate driver into their designs.
• Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior engineers within the group, fostering their professional growth.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with marketing, design, test and product validation team to drive product development, technical risk mitigation, system-level product validation and successful product launch.
• Technical Documentation: Generate technical collaterals, presentations, training materials, and trade show demonstrations to support products and customers.

Requirements:

• MSEE+ in Power Electronics.
• 10+ years of working experience in system or application engineering.
• Extensive knowledge in Isolated Gate Drivers or High Voltage Power applications is mandatory.
• Deep understanding of power conversion topology, AC/DC and DCDC.
• Experience in PCB design and layout is highly preferred.
• Proficiency with simulation or design tools such as LTSPICE, PSPICE, Simplist, Altium.
• Strong experience in lab equipment with experience in debugging and testing circuits, performing thermal analysis, bench-level validation.
• Must work well in a team, fast-paced, high-energy, and result-driven environment.
• Comfortable presenting technical contents in front of customers.
• ~10% domestic travel and some international travel.
• English proficiency.

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