Lead Principal Engineer - Applications Engineering

Infineon Technologies is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Lead Principal Engineer - Applications Engineering to lead a team of applications engineers focused on next-generation Point of Load (POL) Voltage Regulators and power management solutions. This is a technical leadership role combining deep power electronics expertise, customer engagement, product strategy, and people management.

The successful candidate will drive the complete applications engineering lifecycle, from product concept and definition through validation, customer deployment, ecosystem enablement, and market adoption. The role requires close collaboration with product marketing, system architects, design engineering, validation teams, manufacturing, and key customers across computing, AI infrastructure, telecommunications, industrial, and automotive markets.

Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

Technical and Organizational Leadership

• Lead and mentor a high-performing applications engineering team in Bangalore.
• Define technical direction, priorities, and execution plans to support business goals.
• Build technical expertise through coaching, reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Drive innovation, engineering excellence, and talent development through hiring, performance management, and succession planning.

Product Definition and System Architecture

• Collaborate with Product Marketing, System Architects, and Design Engineering teams to define new product roadmaps and solutions.
• Translate customer requirements into product specifications, features, performance targets, and validation plans.
• Influence product strategy by analyzing industry trends, customer needs, and competitive market landscapes.

Applications Engineering and System Solutions

• Develop and validate system-level power solutions using POL voltage regulators, DrMOS, controllers, and other power management products.
• Optimize power architectures for efficiency, thermal performance, reliability, transient response, and cost.
• Support products through the full lifecycle with design-in activities, simulations, characterization, and application-specific optimization.

Product Validation and Characterization

• Define and execute application-focused validation plans, ensuring comprehensive system-level testing.
• Drive electrical, thermal, reliability, and performance characterization to validate product quality and robustness.
• Collaborate with design, package, reliability, and quality teams to resolve application issues during development, qualification, and field deployment.

Customer Engagement and Technical Support

• Serve as the primary technical interface for strategic customers and ecosystem partners, leading design reviews and technical workshops.
• Provide advanced technical support, drive root-cause investigations, and contribute to securing key design wins.

Reference Designs and Technical Collateral

• Define, develop, and validate high-quality reference designs, evaluation boards, and demonstration platforms.
• Create and maintain application notes, design guides, datasheets, technical briefs, and other support documentation.
• Establish best practices for POL regulator implementation while ensuring technical accuracy and consistency of customer-facing content.

Marketing and Business Development Support

• Partner with Product Marketing and Business Development teams to showcase product capabilities and system solutions.
• Support product launches, competitive positioning, and customer engagement through demonstrations at industry events and technology forums.
• Develop technical content for webinars, conferences, marketing campaigns, and customer education.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication, or a related field.

• 15+ years of experience in power management and proven leadership in managing technical engineering teams.

• Strong expertise in Point-of-Load (POL) regulators, multi-phase buck converters, VRM/VR architectures, power management ICs, digital power solutions, power integrity, and high-current power delivery systems.

• Strong understanding of control loop design, compensation techniques, transient response optimization, thermal management, EMI/EMC, and reliability qualification methodologies.

• Hands-on experience in laboratory characterization, validation, and power electronics debugging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in server, AI computing, networking, telecom, industrial, or automotive power systems.
• Familiarity with simulation and design tools such as LTspice, PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, and related platforms.
• Knowledge of modern CPU, GPU, FPGA, and ASIC power architectures, with experience influencing product roadmaps and NPI activities; publications or patents are an added advantage.

Success Measures

• Achieve strategic design wins and customer adoption targets.
• Deliver reference designs, validation milestones, and technical collateral on time.
• Ensure high customer satisfaction and timely resolution of critical technical issues.
• Drive successful product launches and market adoption of new POL regulator solutions.
• Contribute to team growth, product roadmap development, and overall business success.

Key Competencies: Technical Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Customer Focus, System-Level Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Innovation, Effective Communication, Team Development, and Execution Excellence

This role offers the opportunity to shape Infineon''s next generation of power management solutions while leading a world-class applications engineering team that directly influences product success and customer innovation.

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