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Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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The client is looking for a Applications Engineer with experience in power management products for hand held applications. The successful candidate will be responsible for researching, defining, and evaluating power management ICs, and will also work closely with the field to support end customer engineering teams using the companys PMICs. We are looking for someone who can understand the needs or a technical problem a customer faces, and can propose a product that can solve that problem. The candidate will be responsible for taking the proposed IC product concept and producing a Product Definition. This document serves two functions; first, it must supply all technical requirements needed to design the product and second, it must justify why this product will win in the marketplace. In preparation of this document, the AEworks closely with customers, Design, Business Management, Sales and our Field Applications organization.
The product definition role is highly valued within the company and the individuals receive considerable recognition for their work. The successful applicant will become part of a close-knit winning team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Listen. Fully understand the needs of our current and prospective customers.
Produce a Product Definition document.
Work closely with design, business management and customer throughout the product development process to ensure development remains on track.
Evaluate products in the lab.
Provide technical support to Tier 1 customers to design in power management products.
Travel 1-2 weeks per quarter to meet customers.
Communicate with the rest of the team so that everyone is fully informed.
Work with Business Management and Design to assure we have both a solid business case as well as a sound technical solution.
Define a product roadmap.
Research competitive solutions and devise better ones.
Creatively solve customer problems; avoid non-competitive me-too approaches.
Author preliminary paper tiger data sheets.
Create and deliver compelling, targeted customer presentations.
Support our Field team with the latest data and presentation material.
Requirements:
A BSEE and 5 years relevant experience
Experience and detailed knowledge of Power Management ICs for handheld applications including cellular phones, Smart Phones, and other portable consumer equipment.
Experience in proposing and defining Power management IC products.
Intimate knowledge of various regulator architectures.
Expertise in using lab equipment to debug and evaluate power management products.
Ability to understand the customers problems and needs, and to propose a solution.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work within a cross-functional team.
Demonstrated ability to self-manage, and meet deadlines.
Mobile Phone system architecture knowledge is a plus.
Knowledge of European-based customers a plus.
Knowledge of audio functions (codecs, speaker amps) and mobile phone interfaces (I2C, I2S, MIPI/Slimbus) a plus.
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