As a Sr. Director, Applications Engineering, you will lead a fast‑paced team that evaluates new Silicon Carbide (SiC) technologies, validates next‑generation SiC discrete devices for data center, industrial and automotive markets, and supports release to production. Your job is to lead the team, interact with leading global customers and collaborate with teams across onsemi and have a direct influence on future product roadmaps.
This is a highly visible role and includes up to 10 percent travel to support customers worldwide.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
- Lead a team of experienced application engineers: build and develop the team, set processes and standards, foster a culture of technical excellence, and drive continuous improvement activities.
- Collaborate with customers on complex power semiconductor challenges and build long‑term technical relationships.
- Ensure customer applications and real‑world use cases are embedded into product architecture and requirements.
- Collaborate with Product Management on roadmap, specifications, and value proposition quantification.
- Oversee the creation of reference designs, validation environments, and application examples.
- Make key technical decisions, manage risks, and ensure performance, quality, cost, and timeline targets are achieved.
Qualifications
- BSEE + minimum 18 yrs of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 8 years leading engineering teams.
- Experience in design and development of high-power solutions for data centers, automotive, solar or industrial applications
- Experience with understanding and solving multidiscipline problems and limitations
- Excellent working knowledge of high power and hig voltage power electronics, power devices, power modules, packaging and solutions
- Strong understanding of the full product development cycle (definition, design, validation, launch).
- Strong understanding of high power power converter topologies and solid knowledge of SiC device behavior and key tradeoffs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Great coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills to help the team develop.
More details about our company benefits can be found here:
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
Skills Required
- BSEE plus minimum 18 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 8 years leading engineering teams
- Experience designing and developing high-power solutions for data centers, automotive, solar, or industrial applications
- Experience understanding and solving multidisciplinary problems and limitations
- Excellent working knowledge of high-power and high-voltage power electronics, power devices, power modules, packaging and solutions
- Strong understanding of the full product development cycle (definition, design, validation, launch)
- Strong understanding of high-power converter topologies and solid knowledge of SiC device behavior and tradeoffs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills to develop the team
onsemi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about onsemi and has not been reviewed or approved by onsemi.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are highlighted by a U.S. 401(k) with a 100% match on the first 4% and immediate vesting. International plans such as Ireland’s defined contribution scheme and Germany’s company-funded pension elements reinforce long-term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies include ten paid holidays, flexible vacation for exempt employees, and three to five weeks of vacation for non-exempt staff as tenure grows, alongside sick time accrual. Paid leaves span parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military service, with Europe locations offering additional statutory and seniority-based days.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include eight weeks of paid parental leave, company-sponsored backup care for children, adults, and pets, and up to $15,000 in adoption assistance. Regional provisions such as Switzerland’s child allowance and accessible EAP counseling show added attention to household needs.
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What We Do
We are building a better future through intelligent technology. For over 60 years, onsemi and its ancestors have been leading the world’s greatest technology advancements. onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
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