Technical Staff Engineer - SME

Technical Leadership and Application Expertise

• Serve as the regional HPS technical authority for key customers in India providing advanced technical support for customer designs using Microchip SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, and related high-power products.
• Analyze customer power-conversion architectures and recommend device selection, gate-drive approaches, protection strategies, cross reference competitive devices, layout practices, and system-level implementation improvements.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and remove technical barriers to adoption, including performance, reliability, thermal, EMI, switching-loss, qualification, and system-integration challenges.
• Support customer evaluation and qualification activities from early concept through production release.
• Develop and deliver high-quality technical content, including technical presentations, training material, application guidance, design reviews, reference design recommendations, white papers, and customer-facing technical documentation.
• Mentor field and applications engineers, support knowledge transfer across regional teams, and contribute to the continued growth of HPS technical capability and engineering excellence.

Customer Technical Engagement and Design-In Support

Product & System Development

Why This Role

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Applications Engineering, Field Applications Engineering, Power Electronics Design, System Architecture, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong technical experience with high-voltage and high-power semiconductor technologies, including SiC, IGBTs, Power Modules, Gate Drivers, and related power devices.
• Demonstrated expertise in high-power conversion systems, including topology selection, device selection, gate-drive design, protection, thermal design, layout, and system optimization.
• Experience supporting customer design activity from architecture review through evaluation, debug, validation, qualification, and production release.
• Experience conducting customer design reviews and providing system-level recommendations for high-power conversion applications.
• Experience using circuit- and system-level simulation tools such as SPICE, PLECS, MATLAB, Simulink, or equivalent tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for engineering, management, commercial, and cross-functional audiences.
• Ability to engage customers, identify opportunity potential, and influence technical and business decisions through subject-matter expertise.
• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with the regional BDM, Sales, Product Marketing, and Applications Engineering.
• Knowledge of Indian customer requirements, industry standards, design practices, and application trends.
• Willingness to travel within India to support customer technical engagements, design reviews, workshops, and opportunity development.

Desirable Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Deep experience with wide-bandgap technologies, especially SiC device behavior, gate driving, protection, switching performance, reliability, and system integration.
• Hands-on experience with high-power lab testing, double-pulse testing, thermal characterization, gate-drive optimization, EMI mitigation, or system bring-up.
• Experience with applications such as industrial drives, grid-tied converters, renewable energy, energy storage, AI/data-center power, semiconductor capital equipment, medical power, or commercial transportation.
• Prior experience in Field Applications Engineering, Applications Engineering, Technical Marketing, Business Development, or technical leadership.
• Track record of contributing to design wins, opportunity creation, account growth, or market expansion through technical leadership and customer engagement.

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