Senior Staff / Principal Applications Engineer - Austin, TX
$135,900 - $213,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Work with USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery solutions.
About the role
As a Senior Staff / Principal Applications Engineer, you will work with customers to transform products into designs and build partnerships. You will partner with device makers to deliver complete USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery solutions.
What you'll do
- Co-develop USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery interfaces with strategic customers.
- Partner with engineering, sales, and marketing to drive adoption and deliver system-level solutions.
- Develop, customize, and validate firmware to meet customer requirements.
- Create and review reference schematics and designs and select components suitable for customer systems.
- Integrate firmware on customer hardware and support hardware and firmware validation.
- Produce application notes, reference designs, and training for customers and field engineers.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
- Proficiency in C firmware development and debugging on microcontrollers.
- Experience with serial interfaces including USB, I2C, UART, and SPI, and with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
- Ability to interpret schematics and printed circuit board layouts and to select components based on system requirements.
- Written and spoken English at a fluent level.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of analog design and power management circuits such as switching regulators, low dropout regulators, and DC-DC converters.
- Understanding of USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery specifications.
- Working experience with ModusToolBox IDE or PSOC creator, or working experience with any of our PSOC based controllers.
Skills: USB Type-C, USB Power Delivery, firmware development, application notes, reference designs, customer support
This role has been open 11 days — well below the 66-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
208
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$160k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Infineon Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (208 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 208 |
| Median days open | 65 d | 66 d (−1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $160k |
Skills observed across this category: USB Type-C, USB Power Delivery, firmware development, application notes, reference designs, customer support
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 51 open roles · median 109 d
- Infineon Technologies (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 64 d
- Texas Instruments · 25 open roles · median 32 d
- Renesas Electronics · 23 open roles · median 18 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 37 d
- Nexperia · 10 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 208 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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.