Staff Field Applications Engineer

*This position will need to be based in Italy.*

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales Account Managers to secure design wins and support revenue growth.
• Qualify customer opportunities and assess the suitability of SiC power devices for their applications.
• Provide pre‑sales technical support to demonstrate system‑level benefits and communicate the value of SiC solutions.
• Support customers throughout the entire design cycle—from samples, prototypes to pilot, pre‑production and full production—including hardware debug and system‑level guidance.
• Support quality team on customer claims to determine root causes of field application failures.
• Use strong technical knowledge to address field requests with minimal support from factory engineering.
• Manage and train distribution FAEs to ensure consistent technical capability across the channel.
• Maintain effective communication with business unit teams to address customer technical requests.
• Deliver customer feedback and application insights to Marketing to support new product development.
• Leverage our Munich Lab to identify best practices for SiC component usage and generate new technical knowledge.

Requirements

• MSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent), with 3–5 years of experience as a power semiconductor FAE, application engineer, or R&D engineer in power electronics for applications above 1 kW.
• Strong technical communication skills, capable of interacting with customer development and application engineers at both system and component levels.
• Solid understanding of power electronics topologies, including both hard‑ and soft‑switching architectures.
• Comfortable working with high‑voltage semiconductor devices.
• Experience in circuit design, component selection, loss calculations, layout, and magnetic design; automotive experience is a plus.
• Fundamental understanding of semiconductor devices, including diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, and IGBTs.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Familiarity with industrial standards such as JEDEC, AEC‑Q, UL, and EMI/EMC.
• Willingness to travel frequently for on‑site customer support.
• Proficiency in MS Office and good working knowledge of LTspice and/or PLECS.
• Fluent in English and an additional relevant language.
• Able to work independently with strong proactivity and minimal supervision.