Product Applications Engineer / Product Definer, Power Management - CA, San Jose, Rio Robles, United States
$150,978 - $218,624 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 July 2026 by the employer.
Join the Power µModule Business Team supporting system-in-package (SiP) DC-to-DC power products.
About the role
This role provides customer-facing pre- and post-sales technical support and product definition for µModule regulator products and DC-to-DC power solutions. The position works on system-in-package (SiP) power management architectures integrating DC-to-DC controllers, power transistors, compensation components, and inductors.
What you'll do
- Provide holistic pre- and post-sales technical support for µModule power products and solutions via phone, email, and on-site customer engagements. - Develop customer power system architectures, select products, and perform schematic and layout reviews. - Deliver hardware design-in support, evaluation testing, and lab-based technical troubleshooting. - Lead product definition by evaluating tradeoffs in technical requirements and supporting technical aspects of new product business case reviews. - Write and review technical articles, application notes, presentations, and product training materials.
What you'll need
- Engineering Degree with 6+ years of experience in the semiconductors/electronics industry in applications engineering. - Hands-on experience with board-level power supply design, including circuit design, simulation, PCB layout, component placement, and lab test equipment troubleshooting. - Technical background with power supply topologies including buck, boost, buck-boost, SEPIC, and flyback. - Experience using simulation and design tools including LTspice, LTpowerCad, LTpowerPlanner, Cadence/Orcad, Allegro, or PADS.
Nice to have
- Experience in a customer-facing role. - Experience with I2C, SMBus, PMBus, and LTpowerPlay.
Skills: µModule regulators, DC-to-DC power products, power system architectures, schematic review, PCB layout, LTspice
This role has been open 173 days — well above the 74-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
204
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Median days open
74 d
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Median salary
$160k
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| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (204 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 204 |
| Median days open | 39 d | 74 d (−35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $160k |
Skills observed across this category: µModule regulators, DC-to-DC power products, power system architectures, schematic review, PCB layout, LTspice
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 50 open roles · median 124 d
- Infineon Technologies · 33 open roles · median 79 d
- Texas Instruments · 29 open roles · median 40 d
- Analog Devices (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 40 d
- Renesas Electronics · 17 open roles · median 24 d
- Nexperia · 10 open roles · median 68 d
How we counted: 204 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.