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Senior Application Engineer
Wolfspeed
Software Engineering
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Position Summary
A senior Power Applications Engineer is responsible to accelerate DIN’s in focus and emerging applications at key customers and drive Wolfspeed SiC for broad growth by pre- and post-sales technical support. The role is responsible for leading the development of reference designs (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC converters), benchmark and other lab activities for various power applications to show the merit of Wolfspeed SiC Discrete Power Devices. A successful candidate shall have strong technical skills of designing digital controlled power converters. This position requires interaction with customers on SiC application, system level design and issue solving.
What can Wolfspeed do for you?
- Opportunity to work with leading edge technology enabling customer to develop new products.
- Opportunity to have direct impact on business, and lead company direction to achieve success.
- Opportunity to work with talented world class scientists and engineers.
- Advanced power lab with high power equipment’s and best in class curve tracer.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide pre- and post-sales technical support to Wolfspeed customers, field sales and distributors through issues solving customer presentations, product demonstrations with proper and timely feedback/analysis;
- Be a project leader in designing, developing, documenting the reference designs for Discrete Power Devices;
- Develop and present materials at technical seminars, tradeshows and distributor training;
- Support new product launches, including training for Wolfspeed field sales/FAE and regional channel partners;
- Provide consolidated customer requirements to define new products and product enhancements.
Requirements:
- Self-motivated with a great passion for power systems and power devices;
- At least 4 years of experience with MS degree, at least 6 years of experience with bachelor degree or 2 years of experience with PhD in Power Electronics;
- Experience in design and develop of a digital controlled switching power supply including power loss calculation, magnetics design, PCB layout and so on;
- Solid understanding of various power circuit topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC);
- Written and oral English
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- PhD. Degree in Electrical engineering;
- Prior experience in leading a power electronics project;
- Prior experience in high power applications (> 10kw).