Senior Director TM Controller & PoL Applications

Infineon Technologies AG; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 197,920 - 272,140; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. in Andover, MA, seeks a Sr.

Director TM Controller & PoL Applications to lead a technical application engineering team, collaborate with R&D and customers, and drive go-to-market and design-ins for multiphase controllers and PoL modules. You will oversee the roadmap, personnel development across Andover, San Jose, Warwick RI, and El Segundo, manage performance reviews, and influence product verification, documentation, and GUI development.

Qualifications

• Approximately 15+ years in engineering design and/or applications engineering and customer support.
• 8+ years of managing application engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with DC-DC switch-mode power supplies, including buck, boost, buck-boost converters and high-current power stages.
• Detailed knowledge of high-frequency, high-current DC-DC designs and lab skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct and guide the activities of a technical application engineering team responsible for development and go‑to‑market for multiphase controllers, power stage PoL modules, and customer design‑in of these products.
• Select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the Andover, San Jose, Warwick RI, and El Segundo, CA System Application Engineering group.
• Plan and implement the EP application roadmap with demo boards and topologies for Server, AI, GPU and data‑com applications.
• Manage the annual reviews and promotion plan for the team.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time to provide on‑site leadership and conversation.

Skills

Leadership

Digital controllers

Power management

Communication (English)

Power electronics

Team coaching

Education

BSEE or MSEE preferred

Job description

Sr. Director TM Controller & PoL Applications

As the Sr. Director TM Controller & PoL Applications, you will be the technical interface to R&D and customers, support technical go-to-market activities, and provide technical customer support on application and product level to secure design-ins.

Responsibilities

• Direct and guide the activities of a technical application engineering team responsible for development and go‑to‑market for multiphase controllers, power stage PoL modules, and customer design‑in of these products.
• Select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the Andover, San Jose, Warwick RI, and El Segundo, CA System Application Engineering group.
• Plan and implement the EP application roadmap with demo boards and topologies for Server, AI, GPU and data‑com applications.
• Manage the annual reviews and promotion plan for the team.
• Plan for team growth in personnel and site needs.
• Create and implement procedures to guide work in product definition, product verification, and collateral including DS, app notes, simulation software and GUI.
• Lead and contribute to multi‑phase digital controller, point‑of‑load, and power stage product feature definition.
• Find a path forward when technical, personnel, and/or business issues arise.
• Propose and implement technical improvements to controller design, especially in control type, transient response, current balance, and other power performance areas.
• Engage in continuous learning about leading and working with others and pass relevant/key learnings onto direct reports and line managers.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time to provide on‑site leadership and conversation.

Qualifications

• Leadership and management experience of a technical power engineering team.
• Experience with digital controllers and PoL for power management.
• Highly motivated, energetic and enthusiastic.
• Good communication skills in both verbal and written English.
• Technically sharp in power supply control techniques.
• Great coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills.
• Extensive knowledge of semiconductor design process, application development and customer support.
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects, and deliver time‑driven results.
• Detailed knowledge of industry specifications for controllers such as SMBUS, PMBUS, and Intel SVID.
• Collaborative ability with all functions in the organization from program management to IC design, software (GUI) development, marketing, FAE’s and sales.
• Extremely responsive, ready to tackle the most difficult design and/or customer issues instantly.
• Good at developing relationships with internal and external engineering community.
• Effective multi‑tasking, managing priorities and solving technical problems independently.
• Self‑learning, self‑disciplined, and a good team player.
• Approximately 15+ years in engineering design and/or applications engineering and customer support, with 8+ years of managing application engineering teams.
• Strong hands‑on experience with DC‑DC switch‑mode power supplies, including buck, boost, buck‑boost converters and high‑current power stages.
• BSEE or MSEE preferred with hands‑on experience in high‑frequency, high‑current, high‑density DC‑DC designs and extensive lab skills for testing and debugging switch‑mode power supplies.

Salary and Benefits

Andover, MA – Minimum $197,920 base salary per year / Maximum $272,140 base salary per year.

El Segundo, CA – Minimum $218,160 base salary per year / Maximum $299,970 base salary per year.

All employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

EEO & Legal Statement

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your onboarding documents.

In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon’s ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon’s sole discretion.

Infineon Technologies takes data privacy and identity theft very seriously. As such, we do not request personally‑identifiable information (PII) from applicants over the internet or electronically. Please kindly refrain from disclosing your PII electronically during the application process or to unauthorized websites that may purport to be Infineon or any of our affiliates.