Senior Staff Engineer, Motor Drives & Power Tools

Infineon Technologies AG; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive plan

Job summary

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to drive product definition and applications engineering for power MOSFETs (60 V and below) used in cordless power tools and battery-powered motor drives.

You will shape a differentiated portfolio, translate market needs into requirements and roadmaps, and provide hands-on leadership across simulation, hardware, and firmware to enable customer success.

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical Engineering with 4+ years or BS with 6+ years of progressive experience.
• Semiconductor product definition, technical marketing, or applications engineering experience with power MOSFETs or discrete power devices.
• Background in battery-powered motor drive applications (cordless tools, BLDC/PMSM inverters, low-voltage gate drive and protection).
• Strong fundamentals in power electronics, MOSFET switching behavior, SOA, and thermal design; ability to interpret schematics, layouts, and test/validation data.
• Hands-on PCB layout for power stages and firmware development (C/C++) for motor control.
• Hands-on motor drive testing and lab measurements using oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, dynamometers, thermal imaging.
• Proficiency with simulation tools such as PLECS, SPICE, and SIMetrix.
• Ability to translate customer and market needs into product requirements, roadmaps, and business cases.
• Experience creating technical collateral and delivering trainings.
• Customer-facing experience, including design reviews and debug support.

Responsibilities

• Own product definition and positioning for low-voltage MOSFETs in cordless tools, garden/outdoor equipment, e-bikes, robotics, and other battery-powered BLDC/PMSM drives.
• Translate customer and market needs into requirements and roadmaps.
• Provide application leadership on inverter architectures, gate drive, and thermal design in compact, high-current packages.
• Perform electrical and thermal simulation using PLECS, SPICE, SIMetrix, and similar tools, correlating results with lab data.
• Design evaluation boards and reference designs, including PCB layout and embedded firmware (PWM, FOC/sensorless control, protection).
• Conduct hands-on motor drive testing, including double-pulse, efficiency, thermal, stall/locked-rotor, and EMI/ringing measurements.
• Provide customer support from design-in through production, including schematic/layout reviews, debug, MOSFET selection, and failure analysis.
• Partner with R&D and packaging on device and package trade-offs.
• Develop technical collateral (datasheets, application notes, user guides, models) and deliver trainings.
• Engage tool OEMs, Tier-1s, distributors, and ecosystem partners, and build competitive analyses and business cases with product marketing.
• Support validation and release readiness, ensuring data completeness, documentation quality, and alignment with relevant standards and qualifications.

Skills

Power electronics

Motor drive knowledge

PCB layout

Firmware development

C/C++

Lab measurements

Data analysis

Customer collaboration

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLECS

SPICE

SIMetrix

MATLAB

Python

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Job description

#WeAreIn for jobs that impact everyone's life Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to drive product definition and applications engineering for power MOSFETs (60 V and below) used in cordless power tools and battery-powered motor drive applications. You will shape a differentiated portfolio, define requirements, and enable customer success through hands‑on application expertise, simulation, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Are you in?

Your role

• Own product definition and positioning for low-voltage MOSFETs in cordless tools, garden/outdoor equipment, e-bikes, robotics, and other battery-powered BLDC/PMSM drives.
• Translate customer and market needs into requirements and roadmaps.
• Provide application leadership on inverter architectures, gate drive, and thermal design in compact, high-current packages.
• Perform electrical and thermal simulation using PLECS, SPICE, SIMetrix, and similar tools, correlating results with lab data.
• Design evaluation boards and reference designs, including PCB layout and embedded firmware (PWM, FOC/sensorless control, protection).
• Conduct hands‑on motor drive testing, including double-pulse, efficiency, thermal, stall/locked‑rotor, and EMI/ringing measurements.
• Provide customer support from design‑in through production, including schematic/layout reviews, debug, MOSFET selection, and failure analysis.
• Partner with R&D and packaging on device and package trade‑offs.
• Develop technical collateral (datasheets, application notes, user guides, models) and deliver trainings.
• Engage tool OEMs, Tier‑1s, distributors, and ecosystem partners, and build competitive analyses and business cases with product marketing.
• Support validation and release readiness, ensuring data completeness, documentation quality, and alignment with relevant standards and qualifications.

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• MS in Electrical Engineering (or related) with 4+ years, or BS in Electrical Engineering (or related) with 6+ years of progressive experience.
• Semiconductor product definition, technical marketing, or applications engineering experience with power MOSFETs or discrete power devices.
• Background in battery‑powered motor drive applications (cordless tools, BLDC/PMSM inverters, low‑voltage gate drive and protection).
• Strong fundamentals in power electronics, MOSFET switching behavior, SOA, and thermal design; ability to interpret schematics, layouts, and test/validation data.
• Hands‑on PCB layout for power stages and firmware development (C/C++) for motor control.
• Hands‑on motor drive testing and lab measurements (oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, dynamometers, thermal imaging).
• Proficiency with simulation tools such as PLECS, SPICE, and SIMetrix.
• Ability to translate customer and market needs into product requirements, roadmaps, and business cases.
• Experience creating technical collateral (datasheets, application notes, user guides) and delivering trainings.
• Customer‑facing experience, including design reviews and debug support.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; proficiency with common engineering and data tools (e.g., MATLAB/Python, Excel).
• Willing to work on‑site in El Segundo with limited telecommuting; willingness to travel up to 10% domestic and 10% international.

Additional information

Infineon Technologies 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, successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on‑boarding 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.

In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

Salary pay information: Location Indicative salary range El Segundo, CA. United States Wage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate: US$ 135,900 - US 186,900

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