Applications Engineer for Aerospace, Defense, Government and High-Voltage

US01 Wolfspeed, Inc.; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed, Inc. in Fayetteville, AR is seeking an Applications Engineer to support the ADG&HV business, providing pre- and post-sales technical support for aerospace, pulsed power, and high-voltage applications using SiC power modules.

You will lead reference designs, assist design engineers, and develop training materials for sales teams and distributors. The role requires strong knowledge of power converters, EMI/EMC mitigation, and collaboration across customer levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Strong interest in power systems and customer-focused technical support.
• Understanding of power circuit topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC).
• Experience mitigating EMI/EMC in switching power supplies.
• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout for high-speed, high-power apps.
• Experience developing thermal management for power electronics.
• Experience using Spice, PLECS for power conversion simulations.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist customer design engineers to incorporate Wolfspeed SiC power modules and discretes into their products.
• Provide remote and on-site customer support.
• Answer technical inquiries with documentation and timely feedback/analysis.
• Support Wolfspeed direct sales and distributors through presentations and demos.
• Lead design and documentation of reference/demonstration platforms for SiC power products.
• Develop materials for technical seminars, trades shows, and distributor trainings.
• Support new product launches with training for sales engineers and channel partners.
• Develop dynamic characterization platforms and gate-driver designs; create Spice/PLECS models.
• Consolidate customer requirements for new products and enhancements.

Skills

Power electronics

Customer support

Technical design

Spice

PLECS

EMI/EMC mitigation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Spice

PLECS

PCB layout software

Job description

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way. We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work. Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do. Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them. Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave. Student? We offer continuing education assistance. Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Who we’re looking for:

Wolfspeed is looking for an Applications Engineer to support the Aerospace, Defense, Government and High-Voltage (ADG&HV) business. In this role, you will be responsible for pre- and post-sales technical support for both existing and new customers for various applications, especially for Aerospace, Pulsed power, Medium-Voltage drives, Solid-State Transformers, Smart Grid/Grid-Tie Distributed Generation, Nuclear Power Generation for AI data centers and more. Additionally, this position will have opportunity to lead reference designs (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC converters, pulsed power topologies) using SiC power modules and discrete for those targeted applications.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical skill of designing high frequency power converters and understanding of the selling process and experience directly supporting customers with technical product specifications, product selection, system design, reliability, quality and manufacturing process. This position requires interaction with customers at all levels of system design/development, components, quality engineering. This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company.

The Day-to-Day:

• Assist customer design engineers to successfully incorporate Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide power modules, discrete and die in their products.
• Provide remote and on-site customer support
• Answer technical inquiries from existing and prospective customers with proper documentation and timely feedback/analysis
• Provide pre- and post-sales technical support for Wolfspeed direct sales and distributors through customer presentations and product demonstrations
• Be a leader in designing, developing, documenting reference and demonstration platforms for SiC Power product target applications
• Develop and present materials at technical seminars, tradeshows and distributor training
• Support new product launches, including training for Wolfspeed sales engineers and regional channel partners
• Develop dynamic characterization platforms for various products, design/validate gate driver platforms and create Spice and PLECS models
• Provide marketing department and product managers with consolidated customer requirements to define new products and product enhancements

This Job is Right for You if You Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree
• Self-motivated attitude with a great passion for power systems and power devices, providing world-class technical support to customers and growing Wolfspeed’s SiC Power Business
• Understanding of some of power circuit topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC)
• Experience in mitigation of EMI/EMC in switching power supply
• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout for minimal stray inductance and capacitance, placement strategies for high switching speed and high-power applications
• Experience in developing thermal management approaches for power electronics
• Experience in simulation tools (Spice, PLECS, etc.) for power conversion
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD. Degree in Electrical engineering
• Prior experience in SiC high-power applications (> 10kW)
• Experience in high-frequency magnetic design (>200kHz-500kHz)
• Experience working with Aerospace and Defense customers
• This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wolfspeed is a powerhouse semiconductor company focused on silicon carbide and GaN technologies. After more than thirty years of forging new technology adoption and transformation, our Wolfspeed® power and radio frequency (RF) semiconductors are leading the industry through unrivaled expertise and capacity.

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