Senior Engineer II - Applications

Microchip Technology Inc; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 70,304 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits begin day one

Retirement savings plans

Quarterly bonus payments

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc in Chandler, Arizona, is seeking a Senior Engineer II for their Networking and Communications Group. This role involves enabling customers with USB products, providing technical support to engineers, and collaborating with product development teams.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering with significant experience. You will manage technical training and ensure that product specifications meet customer needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7.5 years of experience with a Bachelor's or 5 years with a Master's degree.
• Strong communication skills to produce quality engineering documentation.
• Experience in applications engineering roles and designing hardware.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to sales and field application engineers.
• Work with product marketing and customers to understand requirements.
• Coordinate with product marketers to initiate technical partnerships.

Skills

Strong written communication skills

Experience with Silicon/System Architecture

Experience in hardware system design

Understanding of mixed-signal systems

Basic understanding of software design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Job description

Job Description

Microchip’s senior engineer II-Applications position is within the Networking and Communications Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for enabling customers to be successful with USB products. Responsibilities include training sales and field engineers on the products, answering customer questions, debugging system implementation problems, writing documentation to make the products easy to use, and developing evaluation hardware to demonstrate the product features.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to sales and field application engineers as well as key strategic customers.
• Work with product marketing and end customers to understand product requirements and end goals and steer new product development to ensure product goals are met.
• Advocate for new development of companion silicon products with peer business unit leaders to create Microchip total system solution.
• Coordinate with product marketers to initiate and maintain technical partnerships with other silicon vendors to provide joint collateral (reference schematics, evaluation & form‑factor hardware designs) and collaborative pre‑production customer support.
• Develop and present technical training such as webinars, hands‑on workshops, etc. to customers, sales and field application engineers.
• Developing collateral such as application notes, data sheets, reference designs, and other activities for new product development.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with a minimum of 7.5 years of experience, or Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with a minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce good quality engineering documentation.
• Experience in Silicon/System Architecture, Applications Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles.
• Experience in designing hardware systems.
• Strong understanding of mixed‑signal systems and inter‑chip protocols.
• Basic understanding of software design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and schedule flexibility to effectively collaborate with USB & Networking group’s de‑centralized global engineering teams.
• Experience in working with high‑speed interfaces including USB, PCI Express, Ethernet, etc.
• Experience in directly designing electrical circuits/system design/reference design schematic capture with software‑based PCB design tools (e.g. Altium, Cadence).
• Leader/direct contributor in technical role/s to bring three or more silicon products to market.
• Embedded and/or application programming experience (e.g. C, Python, LabView, etc.) including commercial products, personal and/or open‑source projects.
• Experience in troubleshooting hardware and software issues.
• Proficient with essential lab equipment including function generators, power supplies, multimeters and oscilloscopes.
• Debugging experience with serial protocol analyzers (inter‑chip protocols, USB, PCIe, etc.).
• Contributor or company liaison for international standards/special interest groups.
• Experience in working with hardware and microcontroller‑based designs.
• Experience in technical training development and presentation.
• Experience in direct customer service and support.

Travel

0% – 25%

Physical Attributes

Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements

Standing – 20%, Walking – 20%, Sitting – 80%, Inside – 100%, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Pay Range

The annual base salary range for this position could be performed in the US is $70,304 – $205,000. The range is dependent on job location, skills and experience. Compensation includes competitive base pay, restricted stock units, quarterly bonus payments, health benefits beginning day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry‑leading ESPP program with a 2‑year look‑back feature.

Benefits

Benefits of working at Microchip.

Equal Opportunity

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, refer to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

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