Staff Applications Engineer

Job Summary:  

onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

If you enjoy power electronics and want to be part of a winning research and development engineering team then onsemi’s Power Management Division has a great opportunity for you. We’re a major supplier of Smart Power Switches and fuse replacement solutions working with all Tier 1’s and OEMs to power medium and high-power electronic loads, sensors and actuators in domain and zonal power distribution applications. As a Smart Switch & Efuse Applications Engineer, you will be involved in all aspects of new product development for these markets and provide technical engineering support for our team’s FAEs and customers.

 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Develop applications evaluation solutions for 12V and 48V Smart Switches and E-fuses during New Product Development cycle with focus on bench automation. 

• Collaborate with customers, marketing and regional onsemi teams in product definition, promotion and in addressing customer concerns.   

• Create technical collateral in the form of product datasheets, white papers, application notes and evaluation board user guides. 

• Drive schematics and layouts for internal evaluation boards, reference designs and customer specific solutions. 

• Interface with cross-functional teams including Design, PE, Technology Development and Marketing, and execute product development in accordance with onsemi defined processes and standards.  

• Support strategic marketing in competitive analysis with benchmarking, product roadmap creation and in generating new product ideas. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering- Required. Masters In Electrical Engineering preferred.
• 5~7 years of professional experience in applications engineering , or other roles associated with automotive/power IC's. Power switching experience is a plus.   
• Solid understanding in fundamentals of power electronics and semiconductors. 
• Strong design skills in CAD tools for schematic design and PCB layout. 
• Knowledge of automotive application requirements. Understanding of 48V systems and EV's is a plus.  
• Expertise in working with lab equipments - high voltage & high power supplies, oscilloscopes, source meters, waveform generators and electronic loads.  
• Knowledge of Software scripting languages such as Python, VB and LabVIEW for interfacing bench equipments and enabling lab automation. 
• Familiarity with automotive communication protocols- SPI, I2C etc. is a plus.  
• Fluent in MS Office, presentations and excel. 
• Self-esteem, self-motivated with initiative and ability to work in a global team environment.
• Ability to manage and motivate cross functional teams without direct report responsibility
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel - 10%

onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

More details about our company benefits can be found here:

https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits