Senior Principal R&D Engineer

🕒 September 22

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

💵 €120k - €160k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Littelfuse

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1927

🚘 Automotive

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏭 Manufacturing

Automotive • Food & Beverage • Manufacturing

Littelfuse is a diversified industrial technology manufacturing company that focuses on empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. It offers innovative products to enhance the safety and efficiency of rechargeable lithium batteries in various applications, including smartphones, power tools, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems such as wind and solar farms. Littelfuse provides advanced solutions for electrification and battery operation of off-highway vehicles and specializes in battery temperature monitoring devices for EVs. Recognized for its positive impact on environmental, social, and ethical standards, Littelfuse is also a leader in arc-flash protection and offers products like metal oxide varistors, silicon carbide MOSFETs, and battery fuses, serving markets such as automotive, industrial, and alternative energy systems.

📋 Description

• Drive the definition of technology roadmaps and long-term strategies for High Voltage Power Semiconductor device platforms • Identify emerging technologies, market trends, and competitive opportunities • Assess and influence the alignment of device technologies with customer and application requirements • Generate intellectual property through patents and technical publications • Serve as the company's technical expert for critical device and technology challenges • Lead complex technology development projects from concept through production release • Utilize TCAD and other modeling tools to develop innovative device architectures • Define, evaluate, and develop novel device concepts and technology platforms • Resolve complex process integration and manufacturability challenges • Solve critical yield, reliability, and process-related issues • Lead technical problem-solving workshops and design reviews • Provide technical reviews and guidance for strategic development projects • Establish best practices for power semiconductor development and technical problem solving • Mentor and develop R&D engineers across multiple semiconductor device disciplines • Support teams developing next-generation device concepts and technologies • Build organizational capability in device physics, TCAD simulation, and power semiconductor technologies • Provide strategic technical direction for technology investment decisions • Collaborate closely with Product Engineering, Quality, Marketing, Applications, and Operations teams • Communicate technical progress, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership • Support strategic customer engagements involving advanced technology evaluations and technical discussions

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in Semiconductor Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline • Minimum of 15 years of R&D experience within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment • Direct experience with high-voltage (>1000V) IGBT and MOSFET technologies • Experience with wide bandgap semiconductor technologies is highly desirable • Deep expertise in device physics, TCAD simulations, process integration, reliability, and characterization • Proven ability to lead complex technology development activities and solve challenging technical problems • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across functions and organizational levels • Passion for innovation, technical excellence, and mentoring engineering talent

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Performance-based incentives • Flexible work arrangements • Development opportunities • Employee growth and development support • Inclusive workplace and equal opportunity employment

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