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Staff Field Applications Engineer
Wolfspeed
Other Engineering, IT
Unterschleißheim, Germany
Posted on May 11, 2026
*This position will need to be based in Germany*
Join our team as a Staff Field Applications Engineer and drive the adoption of Silicon Carbide technology within the industrial and energy market. In this role, you will deliver high quality technical support through direct customer engagement, utilize our laboratory capabilities, and coordinate technical discussions between internal experts and customer engineering teams.
You will lead design win activities, identify and resolve technical challenges, and contribute to the development of next generation industrial solutions.
This position also requires close collaboration with the EMEA Sales organization and the broader FAE team to assess new opportunities and ensure customer success.
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales Account Managers to secure design wins and support revenue growth.
- Qualify customer opportunities and assess the suitability of SiC power devices for their applications.
- Provide pre‑sales technical support to demonstrate system‑level benefits and communicate the value of SiC solutions.
- Support customers throughout the entire design cycle—from samples and prototypes to pilot, pre‑production, and full production—including hardware debug and system‑level guidance.
- Support quality team on customer claims to determine root causes of field application failures.
- Use strong technical knowledge to address field requests with minimal support from factory engineering.
- Manage and train distribution FAEs to ensure consistent technical capability across the channel.
- Maintain effective communication with business unit teams to address customer technical requests.
- Deliver customer feedback and application insights to Marketing to support new product development.
- Leverage our Munich Lab to identify best practices for SiC component usage and generate new technical knowledge.
Requirements
- MSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent), with 3–5 years of experience as a power semiconductor FAE, application engineer, or R&D engineer in power electronics for applications above 1 kW.
- Strong technical communication skills, capable of interacting with customer development and application engineers at both system and component levels.
- Solid understanding of power electronics topologies, including both hard‑ and soft‑switching architectures.
- Comfortable working with high‑voltage semiconductor devices.
- Experience in circuit design, component selection, loss calculations, layout, and magnetic design; automotive experience is a plus.
- Fundamental understanding of semiconductor devices, including diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, and IGBTs.
- Strong analytical mindset and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Familiarity with industrial standards such as JEDEC, AEC‑Q, UL, and EMI/EMC.
- Willingness to travel frequently for on‑site customer support.
- Proficiency in MS Office and good working knowledge of LTspice and/or PLECS.
- Fluent in English and an additional relevant language.
- Able to work independently with strong proactivity and minimal supervision.