Staff Field Applications Engineer (m/f/div)

  • Whats Upstate
  • 06/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

This position will need to be based in UK or Scandinavia

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.