As the Sr. Director TM Controller & PoL Applications, you will be the Technical interface to R&D and customers, support technical Go-to-Market activities, provide Technical customer support on application and product level to secure design-ins. Does this sound exciting? If so, please apply today!
Applications Engineering senior director leading and managing Power Application Engineering team from product concept through the product development cycle, the silicon design-in at customers and the production life cycle of the product. Position requires a focus on the technical innovation and quality delivery of product concept and definition, silicon development, design-in collateral including demo boards, and collaboration on internal and external customer partnerships to allow Infineon to meet revenue goals.
In your new role you will:- Directs and guides the activities of a technical application engineering team that as a group are responsible for development and go to market for multiphase controllers, power stages point of loads, PS/PoL modules, and customer design-in of these products
- Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the Andover, San Jose, Warwick RI, and El Segundo, CA System Application Engineering group
- Plan and implement the EP application roadmap with demo boards and topologies for Server, AI, GPU and datacom applications
- Manage the annual reviews and promotion plan for the team
- Plan for team growth in personnel and in site needs for AE's
- Create and implement procedure to guide work in product definition, product verification, and collateral including DS, App notes, simulation software and GUI
- Leading and contribute to multi-phase digital controllers, point of load, and power stages product feature definition
- Find a path forward when technical, personnel and/or business issues arise.
- Propose and implement technical improvements to controller design especially in the areas of control type, transient response, current balance, and other power performance areas of the controller
- Engage in continuous learning about leading and working with others and pass relevant/key learnings onto direct reports and line managers
- Travel (Approximately 25% of the time) to provide on-site leadership and conversation
You are best equipped for this task if you have- Leadership and management of technical power engineering team
- Experience in using digital controllers and PoL for power management.
- Highly motivated, energetic and enthusiastic
- Good communication skills in both verbal and written English.
- Technically sharp in power supply control techniques
- Great coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills to help the team develop
- Extensive knowledge of semiconductor design process, application development and customer support.
- Prioritization, multiple project management, time driven results.
- Detailed knowledge of Industry specifications used in the controllers such as SMBUS, PMBUS, and Intel SVID
- Able to collaborate with all functions in the organization from Program management, to IC design, Software (GUI) development, Marketing, FAE's and sales to ensure companies success
- Extremely responsive, ready to jump on the most difficult design and/or customer issues instantly
- Good at developing relationships with internal and external engineering community
- Effectively multi-task, manage priorities and solve technical problems independently.
- Self-learning, self-disciplined, and a good team player.
- Approximately 15+ years in engineering design and/or applications engineering and customer support. 8+ years of managing application engineering teams.
- Ideal candidate should have a strong hands-on experience with DC/DC switch mode power supplies including buck, boost, buck-boost converters and high current power stages
- BSEE or MSEE preferred with hands-on experience in high-frequency, high-current, high-density DC/DC designs including extensive lab skills for the test and debug of switch mode power supplies
Power & Sensor Systems (PSS) drives leading-edge power management, sensing, and data transfer capabilities -The PSS division powers decarbonization and digitalization with a wide range of energy-efficient and digital solutions. PSS semiconductors help avoid carbon emissions, use resources sustainably, manage power effectively and intelligently, give 'things' smart senses, and process data quickly and reliably. The portfolio includes power, connectivity, RF, and sensor system technologies to develop smaller, lighter, smarter, and more efficient solutions for consumer devices, smart home/building applications, robotics, computing and data centers, charging devices, power tools, and much more.
The next generation of silicon and wide-bandgap (SiC and GaN) solutions provides unparalleled performance and reliability for 5G, big data, and renewable energy applications. These materials are paving the way for further energy and carbon savings. Highly precise XENSIV™ sensor solutions are enabling IoT devices to react intuitively to their surroundings for seamless user interactions while audio amplifiers bring exceptional sound experiences to smart speakers and other audio use cases.
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