Power Applications Engineer

Insight Global; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies in Austin, TX is seeking a Power Applications Engineer to drive design wins for power management solutions across enterprise computing, networking, telecom, and AI applications. You will blend hands-on design work with customer interaction, from concept through validation, in a fast-paced customer-facing role.

The role requires strong fundamentals in power electronics, with a focus on LV DC-DC, analog/digital design, and lab verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in power electronics with emphasis on analog/digital LV DC-DC.
• Knowledge on DC-DC/AC-DC design, evaluation, and testing on PC/Server/Switch/Telecom motherboards or power supplies.
• Electronic system design including block diagrams, schematic capture, PCB layout, and debugging.
• Experience using development tools including schematic capture, PCB layout, electrical stimulation, and thermal simulation.

Responsibilities

• Provide premium technical support leading to design wins and ongoing support for products and customer programs, including schematic/layout reviews, board bring ups, tuning/validation, and reporting.
• Collaborate with product applications engineers to provide accurate, timely responses to customer technical requests.
• Recommend application solutions, design ideas, and products to customer design teams.
• Work in the lab with test equipment to verify issues, debug, validate solutions, and ideation.
• Be knowledgeable of competitor solutions and how Infineon products compare.
• Collaborate with sales, FAEs, and marketing to develop value propositions supporting customer design-ins.

Skills

Power electronics

DC-DC converters

Analog & digital LV DC-DC

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Thermal simulation

Customer-facing skills

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Electrical simulation

Thermal simulation

Job description

Are you passionate about power electronics, DC-DC converters, and customer-facing engineering support? We're hiring a Power Applications Engineer to join a leading semiconductor organization supporting cutting-edge power management solutions for enterprise computing, networking, telecom, and AI applications.

In this role, you'll work directly with customers to drive design wins, solve complex technical challenges, and support products from concept through validation. This is an excellent opportunity for engineers with strong power electronics fundamentals who want to blend hands-on technical work with customer interaction.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

• Be responsible for providing premium technical support leading to design wins, as well as ongoing support for existing products and customer programs as needed; this includes schematic/layout reviews, board bring ups, tuning/optimization, full validation, and generating validation reports
• Work with product applications engineers to provide accurate, timely, and quality responses to customer technical support request
• Use knowledge of targeted applications and systems, recommend application solutions, design ideas and products to the customer design team
• Work in the lab with various test equipment to verify customer issues, debug, validate solutions, and design ideas
• Be knowledgeable of competitor solutions and how Infineon products and solutions compare and contrast to them
• Collaborate with sales, FAE's and marketing teams to develop value propositions to promote relevant application strategies as appropriate to support customer design-in
• Proficient knowledge of system solution design decision and trade-offs (including magnetics, capacitors, and control loop) and makes recommendations on product selection for the desired cost/benefit ratio

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's in electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of relevant experience in power electronics with emphasis on analog/digital LV DC-DC
• Knowledge on DC-DC/AC-DC design, evaluation, and testing on PC/Server/Switch/Telecom mother boards or power supplies.
• Electronic system design including conception, block diagrams, schematic capture, PCB layout, and debugging
• Experience using development tools including schematic capture, PCB layout, electrical stimulation, and thermal simulation

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Multiphase Vcore and Memory a plus
• Experience with server, networking, and AI power management products is a plus

LOCATIONS

• Austin, TX or San Jose, CA