Staff Engineer Field Application Engineering Full Time

This role is based in Chennai and focuses on driving Design Win targets for automotive products in India. The position involves providing technical support to OEMs, Tier‑1 suppliers, distributors, and design houses, along with collaborating closely with Sales, Marketing, and regional engineering teams. Key responsibilities include circuit and board analysis, developing proof‑of‑concepts, creating technical documentation, conducting trainings, and addressing application‑level FAR issues. The role also requires capturing regional requirements and feedback for headquarters, ensuring strong customer engagement and successful product adoption.

Your Role

Required Qualifications And Skills

• Education: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or Embedded Systems is essential.
• 5+ years of system application engineering experience in Power Electronics, preferably in Automotive domain.
• In-depth understanding of principles & concepts of MOSFETs, IGBTs, Gate Drivers, Bridges, High/Low side, AC/DC, DC/DC, different circuit topologies.
• Hands-on with different applications like On-board/Off-board Charger, Motor Controller, Battery Management Systems, DC-DCs, Power Distribution Units, LED Lighting, Gateways/Telematics, Body Control Modules, etc. will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of Discrete Power Semiconductor; as well as fundamentals in power electronics system modeling with PSpice/ MathCad/ MathLab.
• Exposure to Circuit/PCB design, Thermal Simulations and Analysis, Prototyping, Board bring-up, Hardware testing and debugging, etc.
• Should be able to work with Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Power Supply, Power Analyzer, etc. for testing & debugging.
• Programming: Strong C/C++ programming skills for embedded systems and real-time operating systems (RTOS) is required.
• Development Tools: Hands-on experience with industry-standard development environments and simulation tools (e.g., MPLAB X IDE, SPICE,MATLAB).
• Soft Skills:
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment and manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites.

Your Profile

Job Location: Chennai

Key Responsibilities

• Actively working towards achieving the Design Win Targets of the Automotive segment products in India.
• Technical support to direct OEMs/Tier-1s, distribution customers and design-houses to enable rapid adoption of Infineon products.
• Working dedicatedly on joint development projects with customers as and when needed.
• Working closely with Sales/Marketing, Distribution, Application Engineers in other regions to achieve the targets & collaborate.
• Performing technical analysis of circuits/boards to resolve issues or meet customers’ criteria or benchmarking against competitors’ products.
• Working on proof of concepts/demonstrators/reference solutions to support customers & build system knowledge.
• Capturing & feeding the regional requirements, product issues/fixes & improvement ideas to Headquarters through Regional Centre.
• Preparing the training material & conducting technical trainings, workshops and seminars in India.
• Preparing presentations, technical documents, application notes, SAE Papers, Patent Ideas, etc.
• Troubleshooting of FAR issues on application level and propose effective solutions.

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