Principle Engineer - Applications & Power

Principal Engineer – Applications & Power Electronics

We're working with an innovative semiconductor company developing power semiconductor solutions and are looking for a Principal Applications Engineer to join their team.

You will be working within a role focused on high-performance power conversion applications, liaising with customers and internal engineering teams. The successful candidate will contribute to design development, product evaluation, technical support, and product definition across a range of power electronics applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert supporting customers designing with advanced power semiconductor devices
• Develop and support high-efficiency power conversion reference designs across applications such as: industrial motor drives and servo drives, power conversion systems, DC-DC power converters, and high-frequency AC-DC power conversion systems
• Work extensively with a range of converter topologies
• Perform power loss modelling, efficiency optimisation, thermal analysis, and system-level performance evaluation
• Design and validate gate drive solutions for high-speed switching power devices
• Support customer design reviews, troubleshooting activities, and application-level debugging
• Create technical documentation
• Provide technical support to internal applications and field engineering teams

Required Experience

• Several years of experience designing SMPS, inverters, converters, or motor drive systems
• Demonstrable experience with a range of power converter/inverter topologies
• Expert understanding of power semiconductor devices, including silicon and/or wide-bandgap technologies such as SiC and GaN
• Proficiency with power electronics simulation and modelling tools such as PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, SIMPLIS, or similar
• Laboratory validation experience using oscilloscopes, power analysers, and switching characterisation equipment
• Ability to work directly with customers and provide technical support