Senior Staff Engineer, Power Electronics System Application Engineering
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, development, validation, and manufacturing of high-power power electronic products for industrial applications, with expertise in MW-scale DC-AC and DC-DC power conversion systems.
What you'll do
- Design and develop high-power power electronic products for industrial applications.
- Utilize simulation and design tools including PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE, ANSYS, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, schematic capture, and PCB design software.
- Perform thermal modelling, thermal performance evaluation, and cooling system design.
- Design and integrate customized subassemblies and collaborate with suppliers for components like busbars, heatsinks, and PCB assemblies (PCBAs).
- Conduct design verification, testing, performance validation, qualification, and reliability assessments.
- Manage the complete product development lifecycle from concept design and simulation through prototyping, testing, validation, and industrialisation.
What you'll need
- 10-12 years of experience in the design, development, validation, and manufacturing of high-power power electronic products.
- Extensive experience in MW-scale industrial power conversion systems, including solar inverters and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
- Strong knowledge of power electronic components and subsystems, including IGBTs, SiC devices, DC-link capacitors, sensors, and gate driver circuits.
- Proficiency in industry-standard simulation and design tools.
- Hands-on experience in thermal modelling, thermal performance evaluation, and cooling system design.
- Proven expertise in the design and integration of customised subassemblies and collaboration with suppliers.
- Demonstrated ability to manage the complete product development lifecycle.
Skills: high-power power electronic products, DC-AC and DC-DC, IGBTs, SiC devices, thermal modelling, product development lifecycle
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This role has been open 43 days — below the 46-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
56
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Median days open
46 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$154k
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| Metric | Infineon Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (56 roles · 22 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 56 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 65 | 1530 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 28 d | 46 d (−18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Skills observed across this category: high-power power electronic products, DC-AC and DC-DC, IGBTs, SiC devices, thermal modelling, product development lifecycle
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies (this employer) · 13 open roles · median 28 d
- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 7 d
- Power Integrations · 5 open roles · median 62 d
- onsemi · 4 open roles · median 117 d
- Keysight Technologies · 3 open roles · median 42 d
- NVIDIA · 3 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 56 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 22 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.