Thesis: Protection Strategies for High-Power Operational Amplifiers (f/m/div)
Focuses on robustness analysis and hardware protection design for the APEX PA50 power amplifier.
Originally posted 11 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This master's thesis position focuses on analyzing the robustness of the APEX PA50 power amplifier and developing protection strategies to prevent failures under critical operating conditions. The outcome includes a validated protection solution and design guidelines for reliable system operation.
What you'll do
- Study the APEX PA50 amplifier and evaluation kit while assessing alternative power amplifier solutions.
- Identify and characterize the primary failure mechanisms and critical operating conditions of the amplifier.
- Design and implement a hardware protection solution, either as an add-on module for the evaluation kit or via a dedicated custom-designed board.
- Experimentally validate the protection strategy and benchmark amplifier performance with and without protection.
- Define design and usage guidelines to improve robustness and reliability in target amplifier applications.
What you'll need
- Current enrollment in a master's degree program in electronics engineering.
- Good understanding of analog and power electronics, including the ability to read and interpret electronic schematics and PCB layouts.
- Experience with electronic circuit simulation.
- Good command of written and spoken English.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of PCB design and layout.
Skills: power amplifier, circuit simulation, PCB layout, protection strategies
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First seen in our index 1 day ago, well below the 110-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
71
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Median days since first seen
110 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$174k
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| Metric | Infineon Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (71 roles · 21 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 71 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 64 | 1533 · 116 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 57 d | 110 d (+53 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: power amplifier, circuit simulation, PCB layout, protection strategies
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics · 13 open roles · median 100 d
- Infineon Technologies (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 56 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 91 d
- NVIDIA · 6 open roles · median 210 d
- Analog Devices · 5 open roles · median 111 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 5 open roles · median 237 d
How we counted: 71 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 21 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 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, and is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.