Senior Staff Engineer

Infineon Technologies AG; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 129,600 - 178,200; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. seeks a Senior Staff Engineer on the Marketing team to work with customers, turning designs into real solutions and building lasting partnerships.

You will lead bring-up, debugging, and test planning for SSPD evaluation boards, while translating customer feedback into design requirements and clear documentation. Strong lab, power, and mixed-signal expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• BSEE or MSEE preferred, or equivalent practical experience in electrical engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in power protection and/or SMPS design, with exposure to wide bandgap devices (SiC/GaN).
• Strong hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads, SMUs, plus board bring-up, soldering/rework, and safe high-voltage/high-power practices.
• Demonstrated ability to debug mixed-signal/power circuits, including gate drive, current sensing, protection thresholds, control stability, and thermal issues.
• Customer-facing problem-solving and communication skills, including translating technical symptoms into clear recommendations and documentation.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and proficiency with circuit simulation tools (e.g., SPICE).

Responsibilities

• Build, bring up, and debug SSPD evaluation boards and reference designs (SSCB/eFuse/eDisconnect).
• Diagnose and resolve customer system issues, including reproducing problems, performing root-cause analysis, and recommending design improvements.
• Develop and execute test plans and characterize performance across operating conditions and edge cases.
• Create and maintain application collateral such as schematics, BOMs, layout guidelines, test reports, application notes, and user guides.
• Collaborate closely with design engineers to feed validated learnings into product requirements, features, and validation coverage.
• Support customer prototypes during design cycles by providing hands-on lab support and structured guidance for successful integration.
• Promote and demonstrate SSPD products to prospective customers, align with sales/FAE teams, and communicate status, risks, and findings clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Lab skills

Customer-facing

Circuit simulation (SPICE)

Debug mixed-signal/power

Soldering

Power electronics

Education

BSEE/MSEE preferred

Tools

Oscillosopes

Power analyzers

Electronic loads

SMUs

Job description

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As a Senior Staff Engineer on our Marketing team, you'll work hand-in-hand with our customers, enabling them to transform our products into cutting-edge designs, all while building long-lasting partnerships that thrive on success.

Your Role

Responsibilities

• Build, bring up, and debug SSPD evaluation boards and reference designs (SSCB/eFuse/eDisconnect).
• Diagnose and resolve customer system issues, including reproducing problems, performing root-cause analysis, and recommending design improvements.
• Develop and execute test plans and characterize performance across operating conditions and edge cases.
• Create and maintain application collateral such as schematics, BOMs, layout guidelines, test reports, application notes, and user guides.
• Collaborate closely with design engineers to feed validated learnings into product requirements, features, and validation coverage.
• Support customer prototypes during design cycles by providing hands-on lab support and structured guidance for successful integration.
• Promote and demonstrate SSPD products to prospective customers, align with sales/FAE teams, and communicate status, risks, and findings clearly to stakeholders.

Your Profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• BSEE or MSEE preferred, or equivalent practical experience in electrical engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in power protection and/or SMPS design, with exposure to wide bandgap devices (SiC/GaN).
• Strong hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads, SMUs, plus board bring-up, soldering/rework, and safe high-voltage/high-power practices.
• Demonstrated ability to debug mixed-signal/power circuits, including gate drive, current sensing, protection thresholds, control stability, and thermal issues.
• Customer-facing problem-solving and communication skills, including translating technical symptoms into clear recommendations and documentation.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and proficiency with circuit simulation tools (e.g., SPICE).

Compensation

Wage range: Minimum of $129,600 base salary per year / Maximum of $178,200 base salary per year.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 Conditions

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 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. 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.