Staff | Field Applications Engineer - Yeongdeungpo-gu, South Korea
Originally posted 24 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This Staff Field Applications Engineer will provide pre- and post-sales technical support for Wolfspeed's SiC power devices to achieve design-in/design-win goals and drive business growth.
What you'll do
- Provide technical support for Wolfspeed Korea sales team and channel partners through customer presentations, technical reviews, and product demonstrations.
- Monitor and support customer design activities through remote and on-site engagement.
- Act as the primary technical interface for strategic customers, including automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.
- Lead technical discussions regarding device specifications, electrical characteristics, application requirements, and design implementation.
- Review customer specification requirements and coordinate technical responses with global Product Marketing, Product Engineering, Reliability Engineering and Quality organizations.
- Support customer RFQ activities by consolidating and analysing electrical, mechanical, reliability, and qualification requirements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 5 years of experience in Field Applications Engineering, Power Electronics Design, Power Semiconductor Applications, Product Engineering, or Semiconductor Device Engineering.
- Solid understanding of power semiconductor devices and power conversion systems.
- Experience supporting customers through technical design-in and design-win activities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional global engineering teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, Materials Science, or related disciplines.
- Academic specialization in Semiconductor Engineering.
- Practical experience in semiconductor device design, semiconductor process technology, product engineering, reliability engineering, failure analysis, or device characterization.
- Strong understanding of SiC MOSFET technology, semiconductor device physics, device qualification methodologies, semiconductor manufacturing processes, gate oxide reliability concepts, and device failure mechanisms.
- Experience with automotive semiconductor standards and qualification methodologies, including AEC-Q101, AQG324, JEDEC, or equivalent standards.
- Experience reviewing and discussing reliability topics such as HTRB, HTGB, H3TRB, Dynamic Gate Stress (DGS), Power Cycling, Thermal Cycling, TDDB, Lifetime Modelling, and Weibull Analysis.
- Ability to translate customer technical requirements into actionable plans with Product Marketing, Product Engineering, Reliability Engineering and Quality teams.
- Experience supporting automotive OEMs or Tier-1 customers.
Skills: technical support, SiC MOSFET, power semiconductor, customer design activities, AEC-Q101
This role has been open 35 days — well below the 45-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
38
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Median days open
45 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | Wolfspeed | All employers we track in this specialty (38 roles · 11 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 38 |
| Median days open | 45 d | 45 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: technical support, SiC MOSFET, power semiconductor, customer design activities, AEC-Q101
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 11 open roles · median 28 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 7 open roles · median 192 d
- Wolfspeed (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 45 d
- Power Integrations · 4 open roles · median 40 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 132 d
- Microchip Technology · 2 open roles · median 46 d
How we counted: 38 open Applications FAE (Power Conversion) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Sept 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.