Senior Applications Engineer

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Job Description:

Microchip is seeking an Applications Engineer with 7.5-10 years of experience to join the Memory Products Business Unit (MPD) and become part of a worldwide team responsible for the development and maintenance of EEPROM, Flash, SRAM, EERAM, and RTCC products. The candidate will work closely with the new product development teams and will be an integral part of the new product definition, validation, and introduction processes. The candidate will assist customers through technical challenges and provide expert knowledge of the products, tools, and solutions available from MPD.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Developing collateral such as Data Sheets, Application Notes, Technical Briefs, Code Libraries, and Design Objective Specs
• Providing technical assistance to customers and field engineering for overcoming hardware and software design hurdles
• Developing and presenting technical training to customers, field applications engineers, and field sales
• Creating demos and presentations to support trade shows and customer engagements
• Becoming a product technical expert for supporting customers, sales, and field engineering communities
• Delivering quality projects to meet the expectations of both internal and external customers
• Working with worldwide cross-functional teams

Requirements/Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

• Experience with embedded hardware, board development and firmware design
• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline
• 7.5-10 years experience with embedded systems design and software programming techniques is required
• Strong C/C++ , Python development skills in an embedded environment
• Familiarity of I2C and SPI protocols
• Real world debugging and problem-solving skills
• Good organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Must have excellent written and verbal abilities in English language

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Experience with Microchip & Atmel development tools, products and solutions
• Experience using embedded debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, debuggers and protocol analyzers
• Familiarity with schematic and layout capture tools for PCB development

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

80% sitting, 10% walking, 10% standing

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