Senior/Principal Application Engineer

Overview

The Senior/Principal Application Engineer drives development of reference designs and application boards with a focus on BMS, OBC and DCDC applications in light electric vehicles (LEV), showcasing Nexperia's portfolio. The role bridges product development and customer requirements and supports customer adoption and time-to-market through design collateral, hands-on validation and technical support.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and validate reference designs and application boards using Nexperia's discrete, analog, and power IC solutions.
• Create schematics, perform component selection, and collaborate on PCB layout to optimize performance, efficiency, cost, thermal behavior, and reliability.
• Perform electrical, thermal, and system-level validation, including efficiency analysis, switching characterization, transient response testing, thermal profiling, and EMI/EMC pre-compliance evaluation and troubleshooting.
• Provide application-focused technical support to customers and sales teams, including troubleshooting designs, supporting design-in activities, and participating in customer engagements.
• Represent Nexperia at workshops, conferences, and exhibitions.
• Create and maintain technical collateral such as application notes, design guides, simulation models, user manuals, and web-based application content.
• Build application expertise and translate customer insights into future product opportunities by collaborating with marketing, R&D, and system architects to define requirements, identify use cases, and contribute to product roadmap development.

What you'll need

• BSEE (degree in electrical engineering).
• 5-8 years of experience in application engineering, hardware design or power electronics.
• Proven experience developing reference designs or evaluation boards.
• Technical experience in PCB design and layout using Altium or KiCad.
• Familiarity with simulation tools and industry standards such as Matlab/Simulink, LT Spice, Plecs, thermal analysis, and EMC compatibility.
• Knowledge of switching behaviour, losses and efficiency optimization.
• Strong analytical and system-level thinking.
• Hands-on, problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.
• Ability to work in cross-functional and global teams.
• Customer-focused approach with strong ownership.
• Excellent presentation and technical writing skills.
• English business fluent verbal and written.

Nice to have

• MSEE (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of BMS architectures with all safety measures (advantageous).
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ISO26262, UL standards, and AIS (desirable).