Director Application Engineering

Company: Infineon Technologies AG
Location: Livonia
Posted on: April 12, 2025

Job Description:

As a Director Application Engineer, you will analyze customer needs and develop a structured approach to deploy SAE and PAE resources to ensure customers' success via efficient support. Does this sound exciting? If so, please apply today!In your new role you will:

• Lead a team of system application engineers (SAE) in four focus applications: Inverter, OBC/DC-DC and BMS and product application engineers (PAE) specialized in key products: Si IGBT/Diode, SiC MOSFETs, GaN devices, HV gate drive IC, BMS IC.
• Have a deeper understanding of our customer needs by working closely with the Field Application Engineering (FAE) team and sales.
• Analyze customer needs and develop a structured approach to deploy SAE and PAE resources to ensure customers' success via efficient support.
• Develop state-of-the-art system competence in the four focus applications and work with local and global partners to develop tools and collaterals (demo, application notes, etc.) to find scalable approaches to support our growing customer base.
• Identify the gap in product expertise and work with global teams (product lines) to develop the PAE team to meet the growing needs.
• Identify the need for digital tools to scale our support and work with the PAE team to develop those tools.
• Analyze electrification technical trends and identify collaboration areas with other divisions (Application, products, SW).
• Develop a collaboration framework and key goals and work with other Infineon divisions to achieve those goals.Additional Responsibilities:
  • Lead government-funded projects by working closely with the Infineon government relations team and potential partners to ensure desired outcomes.
  • Support the Infineon global and regional marketing team by developing applications and product collaterals (fighting guide, application notes, etc.).
  • Support the Infineon communications team by presenting our technologies, products, and applications in technical seminars.You are best equipped for this task if you have:
    • A genuine desire to help customers solve problems by providing premium customer service.
    • A passion for bringing technology to market and enjoy deep technical engagement in applications and products.
    • The ability to concentrate your creativity and knowledge on producing results with real added value which enables you to inspire customers and win them over for Infineon.
    • 15+ years of application engineering experience in power electronics products and applications.
    • MS degree in Electrical Engineering.
    • 5+ years of experience in managing technical teams.
    • Good experience in designing automotive power electronics systems including inverter and OBC/DC-DC; experience in translating system/application requirements to device and package requirements.
    • Strong background in power semiconductor (Si, SiC, GaN) device and packaging technologies used in automotive electrification applications.
    • Good understanding of automotive customer requirements and product development processes.
    • Capability to quickly understand the interrelations in complex applications and derive implications for Infineon products in a structured way.
    • An open mind for working in an international environment.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication and English skills.
    • 10-20% domestic and international travel required.#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization.As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer, and greener.Are you in?We are on a journey to create the best Infineon for everyone.This means we embrace diversity and inclusion and welcome everyone for who they are. At Infineon, we offer a working environment characterized by trust, openness, respect, and tolerance and are committed to giving all applicants and employees equal opportunities. We base our recruiting decisions on the applicant's experience and skills.We look forward to receiving your resume, even if you do not entirely meet all the requirements of the job posting.Please let your recruiter know if they need to pay special attention to something in order to enable your participation in the interview process. for more information about Diversity & Inclusion at Infineon.Driving decarbonization and digitalization. Together.Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references, successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your onboarding documents.In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.Infineon Technologies takes data privacy and identity theft very seriously. As such, we do not request personally identifiable information (PII) from applicants over the internet or electronically. Please kindly refrain from disclosing your PII electronically during the application process or to unauthorized websites that may purport to be Infineon or any of our affiliates.#LI-EL1
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