Senior Staff Product Definition Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Staff Product Definition Engineer on our Marketing team, you'll work hand-in-hand with our customers, enabling them to transform our products into cutting-edge designs while building long-lasting partnerships that thrive on success.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and definition, translating system-level needs into detailed specifications across electrical (power delivery, efficiency, parasitics), thermal, mechanical/form factor, and reliability/lifetime requirements.
• Set the architectural vision and define control schemes (including phase scaling, telemetry, and protection), serving as an inclusive steward of comprehensive product requirements.
• Partner with customers and system stakeholders to understand application needs, use cases, and future roadmaps; support technical reviews and ongoing engagement.
• Validate designs through circuit and electromagnetic co-simulation, perform comprehensive loss modeling across switching frequencies and operating conditions, and correlate simulation with hardware results.
• Drive balanced design trade-offs across efficiency, thermal performance, power density, and cost, collaborating with semiconductor, IC design, packaging, magnetics, and thermal experts to co-optimize the product.
• Guide prototype development, testing, and validation, and influence technology/product roadmaps based on customer insights and system trends.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field; 5+ years in power electronics (or Ph.D. with 3+ years) with a collaborative, growth mindset.
• Deep knowledge of power conversion topologies, multiphase buck converters, and control loops.
• Ability to inclusively advocate and build alignment around technical concepts through data-driven analysis and simulation.
• Experience with Vertical Power Delivery (VPD) and advanced packaging, including embedded/co-packaged power.
• Familiarity with AI/Server power delivery and firmware interfaces such as PMBus and AVSBus.
• Experience collaborating with international teams and Tier-1 global customers.

Skills

• Systems-level architecture and trade-off analysis.
• Customer-facing technical credibility.
• Cross-functional execution.

Pay

Location indicative salary range for San Jose, United States: US$ 155,040 – US$ 213,180. Hourly rate will depend on the highest level of education completed.