Staff System Application Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026. Infineon Technologies scores B on the Alion truth index.
Staff System Application Engineer
Your role
Key responsibilities in your new role
- Own the design and development of power conversion stages and power electronics boards for SST/UPS applications
- Define circuit concepts and detailed hardware architecture for AC/DC, DC/DC, and inverter stages
- Perform and review circuit, switching, loss, thermal, and system-level simulations
- Lead the selection and evaluation of power semiconductors, including SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, diodes, and gate drivers
- Define and dimension key passive components such as magnetics, DC-link capacitors, filters, and snubbers
- Develop gate-drive, sensing, protection, and auxiliary power concepts
- Translate system requirements into hardware requirements and design specifications
- Drive schematic and PCB design reviews, with a focus on switching performance, EMC, thermal design, and insulation
- Plan and execute prototype bring-up, design verification, and performance characterization
- Analyze complex hardware issues and drive root-cause analysis and design improvements
- Evaluate technical alternatives and provide recommendations based on performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability
- Coordinate technical interfaces with system, control, mechanical, thermal, and PCB design teams
Your profile
Qualifications and skills to help you succeed
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related field
- Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in power electronics development
- Strong expertise in power conversion topologies such as PFC/AFE, DC/DC converters, and inverter stages
- Strong experience with simulation tools such as PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice, or PSIM
- In-depth understanding of SiC/IGBT power devices, switching behavior, gate driving, and protection
- Strong experience with loss calculation, thermal dimensioning, and component selection
- Good understanding of magnetics design, filters, and DC-link dimensioning
- Experience with high-voltage PCB design, insulation coordination, creepage/clearance, and EMC/EMI
- Strong hands-on laboratory experience with high-power/high-voltage prototypes, including safe bring-up and debugging
- Experience with SST, UPS, or comparable high-power conversion systems is highly desirable
- Ability to independently own a technical work package from concept through verification
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