(Sr.) Product Application Engineer (m/f/d) - GaN (Ingenieur/in - Elektrotechnik)

About the Role

As a Principal Product Application Engineer (m/f/d), you will play a critical role within TeamNexperia, driving the adoption of GaN technology through deep, hands-on application engineering.

This role focuses on in-application validation, evaluation platform development, and system-level optimization, with full ownership from concept to deployment. You will bridge device, application, and system perspectives to ensure our solutions deliver measurable value in real-world environments.


What You Will Do

- Own application projects end-to-end: specification, design, development, validation, and deployment
- Develop hardware and software evaluation platforms to demonstrate GaN performance in real conditions
- Perform in-application validation and characterization, aligned with system requirements
- Conduct benchmarking (Si, SiC, GaN) across efficiency, power density, thermal behavior, and system performance
- Drive system-level analysis and optimization, translating use cases into actionable insights
- Drive product definition with Marketing and GaN R&D using application-driven insights
- Act as the central technical authority for customers, supporting deep-dive technical discussions, design reviews, and in-depth application analysis
- Generate data-driven technical content (application notes, reference designs, documentation)
- Collaborate with leading research institutes and universities on advanced application R&D projects, and represent the company at academic and industry technical GaN events


What You Will Bring

- University degree in Electrical Engineering or other related technical discipline
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the semiconductor industry
- Strong power electronics background (LV to 1200V)
- Proven hands-on hardware development experience (design, bring-up, debug, validation)
- Experience with GaN or SiC preferred
- Strong system-level mindset linking application and device behavior
- Experience in benchmarking and performance analysis
- Understanding of AI/data center power is a plus
- Understanding of motor control, including humanoid robotics, is a plus
- Ability to manage HW & SW development end-to-end
- Practical, lab-oriented, problem-solving approach
- Strong communication skills and global customer engagement capability