Applications Engineer for Aerospace, Defense, Government and High-Voltage

Who We’re Looking For

Wolfspeed is looking for an Applications Engineer to support the Aerospace, Defense, Government and High-Voltage (ADG&HV) business. In this role, you will be responsible for pre- and post-sales technical support for both existing and new customers for various applications, especially for Aerospace, Pulsed power, Medium-Voltage drives, Solid-State Transformers, Smart Grid/Grid-Tie Distributed Generation, Nuclear Power Generation for AI data centers and more. Additionally, this position will have opportunity to lead reference designs (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC converters, pulsed power topologies) using SiC power modules and discrete for those targeted applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist customer design engineers to successfully incorporate Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide power modules, discrete and die in their products.
• Provide remote and on-site customer support.
• Answer technical inquiries from existing and prospective customers with proper documentation and timely feedback/analysis.
• Provide pre- and post-sales technical support for Wolfspeed direct sales and distributors through customer presentations and product demonstrations.
• Be a leader in designing, developing, documenting reference and demonstration platforms for SiC Power product target applications.
• Develop and present materials at technical seminars, tradeshows and distributor training.
• Support new product launches, including training for Wolfspeed sales engineers and regional channel partners.
• Develop dynamic characterization platforms for various products, design/validate gate driver platforms and create Spice and PLECS models.
• Provide marketing department and product managers with consolidated customer requirements to define new products and product enhancements.

Requirements

• Strong technical skill of designing high frequency power converters.
• Understanding of the selling process and experience directly supporting customers with technical product specifications, product selection, system design, reliability, quality and manufacturing process.
• Interaction with customers at all levels of system design/development, components, quality engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Self-motivated attitude with a great passion for power systems and power devices, providing world-class technical support to customers and growing Wolfspeed’s SiC Power Business.
• Understanding of some of power circuit topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC).
• Experience in mitigation of EMI/EMC in switching power supply.
• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout for minimal stray inductance and capacitance, placement strategies for high switching speed and high-power applications.
• Experience in developing thermal management approaches for power electronics.
• Experience in simulation tools (Spice, PLECS, etc.) for power conversion.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD. Degree in Electrical engineering.
• Prior experience in SiC high-power applications (> 10kW).
• Experience in high-frequency magnetic design (>200kHz-500kHz).
• Experience working with Aerospace and Defense customers.