Sr. Customer Application Engineer
NXP Semiconductors View all jobs
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead technical ownership for customer design-in activities in power conversion and motor control applications.
- Support customers through the full lifecycle: architecture definition → design → validation → optimization → production.
- Provide troubleshooting, debugging, and optimization support on hardware, firmware, and control loops.
- Conduct design reviews to ensure robustness, efficiency, and thermal compliance.
- Guide customers on power topologies such as:
- AC‑DC, DC‑DC, on-board chargers, DCDC converters
- Inverters, SMPS, PFC, DAB, LL resonant topologies
- Support system modeling, efficiency tuning, EMI/EMC compliance, thermal optimization, and protection schemes.
- Recommend appropriate power devices (MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC/GaN) and gate‑driver strategies.
- Support motor control for BLDC, PMSM, induction motors and SRM use cases.
- Configure and tune FOC (Field-Oriented Control), sensorless control, and advanced control loops.
- Work with MCU/MPU/NPU-based motor control platforms for EV traction, robotics, whitegoods, industrial drives, HVAC, and mobility solutions.
- Develop application notes, schematics, design guidelines, reference designs, and customer kits.
- Create training material and deliver workshops to customers, channel partners, and internal teams.
- Provide technical insights to improve documentation and support materials.
- Act as the technical bridge between India customers and global R&D / product teams.
- Provide field feedback for product roadmap, feature improvements, and bug resolution.
- Support evaluation platform creation, firmware releases, and silicon validation.
- Partner with Business Development and Sales teams to influence early architecture decisions.
- Present product advantages, benchmarks, competitive comparisons, and solution differentiation.
- Support PoCs, prototypes, and performance evaluations at customer sites.
- 7–12+ years of experience in power electronics, motor control, or applications engineering.
- Strong expertise in:
- Power supplies, converters, inverters, and high‑voltage design
- BLDC/PMSM motor control, FOC, PWM strategies, gate drive tuning
- MCU/MPU/dSPIC/ARM Cortex microcontrollers for real-time control
- Power semiconductor devices (MOSFET, IGBT, SiC/GaN)
- Hands‑on experience with:
- Oscilloscopes, power analyzers, current probes
- Motor tuning platforms, simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink, PSIM, LTspice)
- Hardware bring‑up, debugging, EMI/EMC analysis
- Strong customer‑facing communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work across cross‑functional teams and manage multiple projects.
- Problem-solving mindset with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to simplify complex concepts for non‑technical stakeholders.
- B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics, or related fields.
- Number of successful design‑ins and production wins.
- Customer satisfaction scores and feedback.
- Timeliness and quality of technical support and issue resolution.
- Reference designs, application notes, and training materials delivered.
- Contribution to product roadmap and field insights.