Senior Director, SiC Applications Engineering

onsemi; Scottsdale, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

onsemi in Scottsdale, AZ seeks a Sr. Director of Applications Engineering to lead a fast-paced team evaluating SiC technologies and validating next-generation SiC devices for data center, automotive, and industrial markets.

You will influence product roadmaps, interact with global customers, and guide reference designs, validation environments, and application examples, with travel up to 10%.

Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential to build high-performance teams.

Qualifications

• BSEE and 18+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 8 years leading engineering teams.
• Experience in design and development of high-power solutions for data centers, automotive, solar or industrial applications.
• Strong understanding of high power power converter topologies and solid knowledge of SiC device behavior and key tradeoffs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of experienced application engineers: build and develop the team, set processes and standards, foster a culture of technical excellence, and drive continuous improvement activities.
• Collaborate with customers on complex power semiconductor challenges and build long-term technical relationships.
• Ensure customer applications and real-world use cases are embedded into product architecture and requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Management on roadmap, specifications, and value proposition quantification.
• Oversee the creation of reference designs, validation environments, and application examples.
• Make key technical decisions, manage risks, and ensure performance, quality, cost, and timeline targets are achieved.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Power electronics

SiC devices

High voltage

Product development

English communication

Education

BSEE and 18+ years experience or equivalent

Job description

onsemi in Scottsdale, AZ seeks a Sr. Director of Applications Engineering to lead a fast-paced team evaluating SiC technologies and validating next-generation SiC devices for data center, automotive, and industrial markets.

You will influence product roadmaps, interact with global customers, and guide reference designs, validation environments, and application examples, with travel up to 10%.

Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential to build high-performance teams.