About this role
About the Role As an Automotive Staff Field Applications Engineer at Wolfspeed, you will deliver high-quality technical support through direct customer engagement, lead EV design-win activities, and serve as a trusted technical partner to automotive customers developing next-generation electrified systems. You will work across the full design lifecycle with customers, collaborating with Wolfspeed’s EMEA Automotive Sales organization, internal engineering teams, and the wider Field Applications Engineering community. What You'll Do
- Partner with Automotive Sales Account Managers to secure design wins and support EMEA revenue growth.
- Qualify new customer opportunities and assess the suitability of silicon carbide power devices for automotive applications.
- Provide pre-sales technical support, clearly articulating system-level benefits and the value proposition of Wolfspeed SiC solutions.
- Support customers throughout the full design cycle—from samples and prototypes through pilot, pre-production, and volume production—including hardware debug and system-level guidance.
- Investigate customer claims and field application issues in collaboration with Quality teams to determine root cause and corrective actions.
- This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management. What We're Looking For
- MSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent) with 3–5 years’ experience as a Field Applications Engineer, Application Engineer, or R&D Engineer in high‑power electronics (>1 kW).
- Strong understanding of power electronics topologies, including hard‑ and soft‑switching architectures, and hands‑on experience with high‑voltage semiconductor devices.
- Solid foundation in semiconductor devices, including diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, and IGBTs.
- Experience in circuit design, component selection, loss calculations, PCB layout considerations, and magnetic design within automotive environments.
- Strong technical communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with customer system and component‑level engineering teams.
- Willingness to travel frequently for on‑site customer support across the EMEA region.
- Proficiency in MS Office and working knowledge of simulation tools such as LTspice and/or PLECS.
- Fluency in German and English (additional European languages highly desirable).
- This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations. Nice to Have
- Experience supporting automotive OEMs or Tier‑1 suppliers in EV, inverter, OBC, or DC‑DC converter applications.
- Familiarity with industry standards such as AEC‑Q, JEDEC, UL, and EMI/EMC requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with strong proactivity and minimal supervision.