Senior Staff Product Definition Engineer (f/m/div)

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Job description

Electrification of our mobility is a major contribution towards decarbonization and thus hampers global warming. We develop and manufacture the essential high voltage power electronic products for traction and all other high-voltage systems in electric cars. Be part of our rapidly growing business and discrete products for automotive applications. Our leading-edge technology and product innovations bring extra value to our worldwide customers. We enable them to build best inverters and on board chargers for electric drive train systems. By that you help to make the change to mass usage of zero emission vehicles happen. You want to technically support our world-leading customers to successfully develop their charger and inverter systems with your discrete product ? Then join our highly motivated global team as Senior Staff Engineer Product Definition. With this position you will be entering our Technical Ladder: a special career path for those who share innovative ideas, demonstrate comprehensive technical knowledge, show thought leadership, possess problem solving abilities and are able to create business value.Responsibilities
In your new role you will:

• Identify application trends and future requirements from customer discussions and internal system experts
• Drive the assessment of different innovative product ideas and by that influence our product roadmaps directly
• Be part of product development projects for discrete products targeting on board charger applications
• Be responsible for defining the right-fit product requirements, derive the target datasheet and be the internal technical interface to the product development teams in R&D and customers in creation phase
• Develop and coordinate projects in the area of performance benchmarking of our product performance in the application
• Drive activities from design-in to design-win at lead automotive customers developing charger applications used in electric vehicles
• Conduct intensive technical discussions with the customer, coordinate requirements and support successful product validation in system design
• Manage uncertainties in early development phases and contribute with solid assumptions to drive innovative solutions forward
• Validate functional prototypes and simulation models of our products
• Closely collaborate with our regional field application (FAE) engineering teams
• Technically lead and support team members

Your Profile
You are best equipped for this task if you have:

• A degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, physics or a related field
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the power electronics (automotive, industrial, consumer) in the semiconductor industry or at a research institute (e.g. in Application Engineering, System Engineering, Hardware Development, Technical Marketing)
• Experience in setting up and running tests for power components
• Competence on power technologies such as SiC MOSFETs or IGBTs
• Know-how in the creation of collaterals such as technical articles, presentations containing complex technical content and addressing solutions
• Embrace innovative thinking and being open minded
• Practical experience in working as a project team member
• Very good communication and presentation skills in English, German as a plus

We offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your performance, experience and qualification. The employment is in accordance with the collective salary and wage agreement for employees of the electrical and electronics industry, employment group H (). The monthly salary is paid 14 times p.a. We offer a higher compensation depending on your expertise and skills.

Benefits:

• Möglichkeit für Coaching, Mentoring & Netzwerken
• Trainingsangebot & strukturierte Entwicklungsplanung
• Möglichkeit zur internationalen Entsendung
• Verschiedene Karrierepfade: Project Management, Technical Ladder, Management & Individual Contributor
• Flexible Arbeitszeit: Vertrauensgleitzeit
• Möglichkeit zum Home Office
• Offenheit für Teilzeit (auch in der Elternzeit)
• Sabbatical
• Kindergarten am Standort Villach & Klagenfurt
• Sozialberatung & Betriebsarzt
• Gesundheits- & Vorsorgeprogramme
• Kantine
• Versicherungsangebot zu attraktiven Konditionen
• Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall
• Arbeitgeberfinanzierte betriebliche Altersvorsorge
• Offenheit für flexiblen Übergang in die Altersrente
• Erfolgsbonus
• Barrierefreiheit am gesamten Standort

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