Italy-Based Field Applications Engineer - Power Electronics

Wolfspeed; Italia; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed Italy seeks a Field Applications Engineer with 3–5 years in power electronics to support design wins and customer applications for SiC devices. You will work with Sales and customers across automotive and industrial segments, providing system‑level guidance, loss calculations, and high‑voltage device expertise.

You will travel frequently for on‑site support, collaborate with the Munich Lab team on best practices, and help drive new product development through feedback to Marketing and

Qualifications

• 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 >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 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 (diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, IGBTs).
• Familiarity with JEDEC, AEC-Q, UL, and EMI/EMC standards.

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 and 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.

Skills

Power electronics

Technical communication

High voltage

Circuit design

LTspice/PLECS

Team collaboration

Standards knowledge (JEDEC/AEC)

English fluency

Travel willingness

Education

MSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Tools

LTspice

PLECS

MS Office

Job description

Wolfspeed Italy seeks a Field Applications Engineer with 3–5 years in power electronics to support design wins and customer applications for SiC devices. You will work with Sales and customers across automotive and industrial segments, providing system‑level guidance, loss calculations, and high‑voltage device expertise.

You will travel frequently for on‑site support, collaborate with the Munich Lab team on best practices, and help drive new product development through feedback to Marketing and