Technical Staff Engineer - SME

FHLB Des Moines; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology is seeking an experienced Power Electronics Subject Matter Expert to provide technical leadership, customer support, and application expertise for the High‑Power Solutions unit in India. The role focuses on helping customers design and validate high‑power semiconductor solutions for industrial and energy applications.

You will work with customer teams to specify devices, drive designs, resolve challenges, and guide projects from concept to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Applications Engineering or related fields.
• Strong experience with high‑voltage and high‑power semiconductor technologies (SiC, IGBTs, Power Modules).
• Experience in high‑power conversion systems design, including topology selection and thermal design.
• Experience supporting customer design from architecture through production release.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for engineering and cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the regional HPS technical authority for key customers in India.
• Analyze customer power‑conversion architectures and recommend device selection and gate‑drive approaches.
• Identify and remove barriers to adoption including thermal, EMI, and switching‑loss issues.
• Develop technical content: presentations, training material, design reviews, reference designs, white papers.
• Mentor field and applications engineers and support knowledge transfer.
• Lead customer discussions, design reviews, and solution demonstrations for high‑power applications.

Skills

Power electronics

Customer engagement

Communication skills

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SPICE

PLECS

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

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Job Description:

Position Summary

Microchip Technology is seeking an experienced power electronics Subject Matter Expert to provide technical leadership, customer technical support, and application expertise for the High‑Power Solutions (HPS) Business Unit in India. This role is primarily technical in nature, focused on helping customers successfully design, validate, and adopt Microchip high‑power semiconductor solutions in high‑power and high‑voltage applications. The position requires strong hands‑on knowledge of high‑voltage and high‑power conversion systems, including Silicon Carbide (SiC), IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, and related power technologies. The successful candidate will work directly with customer engineering teams to understand system requirements, recommend solutions, resolve design challenges, and guide projects from concept through production.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Application Expertise

Serve as the regional HPS technical authority for key customers in India providing advanced technical support for customer designs using Microchip SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, and related high‑power products. Analyze customer power‑conversion architectures and recommend device selection, gate‑drive approaches, protection strategies, cross reference competitive devices, layout practices, and system‑level implementation improvements. Identify, troubleshoot, and remove technical barriers to adoption, including performance, reliability, thermal, EMI, switching‑loss, qualification, and system‑integration challenges. Support customer evaluation and qualification activities from early concept through production release. Develop and deliver high‑quality technical content, including technical presentations, training material, application guidance, design reviews, reference design recommendations, white papers, and customer‑facing technical documentation. Mentor field and applications engineers, support knowledge transfer across regional teams, and contribute to the continued growth of HPS technical capability and engineering excellence.

Customer Technical Engagement and Design‑In Support

Lead customer technical discussions, design reviews and solution demonstrations for high‑power semiconductor applications. Partner with the regional BDM, Client Engagement Managers, Product Marketing, Sales, and Applications Engineering to identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities aligned with HPS strategy and customer needs. Translate customer requirements into technical recommendations, value propositions, opportunity assessments, and internal feedback. Build trusted relationships with customer engineering teams, technical decision makers, and account stakeholders. Provide competitive and market insight based on customer designs, emerging applications, technology trends, and commercial drivers. Represent HPS in customer meetings, technical workshops, conferences, and industry events. Support account strategies, business reviews, opportunity funnel development, design‑win tracking, and revenue forecasting with technical assessment of opportunity fit and risk.

Product & System Development

Collaborate with Applications Engineering teams on evaluation boards, demonstration platforms, reference designs, test plans, and application validation activities. Support new product introductions by helping validate customer use cases, evaluate competitive positioning, and identify technical requirements for successful adoption. Assist customers with simulation, design optimization, loss analysis, thermal analysis, gate‑drive design, protection design, switching behavior, and high‑power system implementation. Provide feedback on documentation, tools, models, evaluation hardware, and technical collateral needed to improve customer design efficiency and reduce barriers to adoption.

Why This Role

Serve in a highly visible role that combines deep power electronics expertise with business acumen to directly influence business growth, customer strategy, and technology adoption across India. Work directly with leading customers developing next‑generation power systems for Industrial Infrastructure, AI Power Infrastructure, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, Renewable Energy, Grid& Energy, and Commercial Transportation. Apply deep power electronics expertise to real customer design challenges involving SiC, IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, thermal performance, switching behavior, protection, EMI, and system optimization. Partner with the regional BDM, Sales, Product Marketing, Applications Engineering, and Product Development to identify opportunities, improve technical collateral, and close field application gaps. Develop as a customer‑facing technical leader with meaningful involvement in strategic business development and HPS growth initiatives.

Requirements/Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Applications Engineering, Field Applications Engineering, Power Electronics Design, System Architecture, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong technical experience with high‑voltage and high‑power semiconductor technologies, including SiC, IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, and related power devices.
• Demonstrated expertise in high‑power conversion systems, including topology selection, device selection, gate‑drive design, protection, thermal design, layout, and system optimization.
• Experience supporting customer design activity from architecture review through evaluation, debug, validation, qualification, and production release.
• Experience conducting customer design reviews and providing system‑level recommendations for high‑power conversion applications.
• Experience using circuit‑ and system‑level simulation tools such as SPICE, PLECS, MATLAB, Simulink, or equivalent tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for engineering, management, commercial, and cross‑functional audiences.
• Ability to engage customers, identify opportunity potential, and influence technical and business decisions through subject‑matter expertise.
• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with the regional BDM, Sales, Product Marketing, and Applications Engineering.
• Knowledge of Indian customer requirements, industry standards, design practices, and application trends.
• Willingness to travel within India to support customer technical engagements, design reviews, workshops, and opportunity development.

Desirable Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Deep experience with wide‑bandgap technologies, especially SiC device behavior, gate driving, protection, switching performance, reliability, and system integration.
• Hands‑on experience with high‑power lab testing, double‑pulse testing, thermal characterization, gate‑drive optimization, EMI mitigation, or system bring‑up.
• Experience with applications such as industrial drives, grid‑tied converters, renewable energy, energy storage, AI/data‑center power, semiconductor capital equipment, medical power, or commercial transportation.
• Prior experience in Field Applications Engineering, Applications Engineering, Technical Marketing, Business Development, or technical leadership.
• Track record of contributing to design wins, opportunity creation, account growth, or market expansion through technical leadership and customer engagement.

Travel Time

Travel Time: 0% - 25%