Principal Product Application Engineer – GaN

Overview

As a Product Applications Engineer at Nexperia, you will drive GaN technology adoption through hands-on application engineering. You will own projects end-to-end, from concept to deployment, bridging device, application, and system perspectives to deliver real-world value. You will develop evaluation platforms, perform in-application validation, and contribute to system-level optimization. This role offers direct influence on product definition and engagement with global customers in AI, power conversion, and motor drives.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working hours
• overtime reduction for work-life balance
• unlimited employment contract
• competitive salary
• training courses and career development
• retirement provisions, travel allowance for public transport, company events, sports and leisure activities, employee discounts

Responsibilities

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

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electronics Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 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

• Strong communication and collaboration
• Global customer engagement
• Problem-solving orientation
• GaN or SiC knowledge
• Power electronics (LV to 1200V)
• Hardware/software evaluation platforms

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