Technical Staff Engineer

Position: Technical Staff Engineer - Applications
Location: Bengaluru

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip's nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values;

we affectionately refer to it as the  Aggregate System  and it's won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description:

Company Description

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM).

We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

Job Description

Microchip's Data Center Solutions Business Unit (DCS) offers industry leading performance, reliability, and security for PCIe Switches, Smart Storage Controllers, RAID Controllers, SAS/SATA IO Controllers, SAS Expanders, and NVME Controllers.

The candidate will join the rapidly growing Data Center Solutions (DCS) business unit  has a broad portfolio of products being broadly deployed today by the industry's cutting-edge server/storage OEMs and hyperscale datacenters. Customers deploy DCS solutions into applications ranging from Big Data capacity storage to artificial intelligence and machine learning that are helping to shape the next digital age. Our product portfolio includes SAS/PCIe/NVMe/CXL products that connect, manage and secure the world's information, including Flash Controllers, High Performance Switches, RAID Controllers and Memory Controllers.

Join a team where you can expand your skill set and drive key elements of the industry's technology leadership.

Our Applications Engineering Team is responsible for working closely with the Product Development Teams, Product Validation Teams, Marketing Teams, and Sales Teams to enable our storage/data center customers to bring their solutions to the market. We work with leading edge technology that gets deployed in data center, machine-learning/AI, and storage applications. We engage with customer engineering teams to assist in design wins, product ramps, and system production.

We offer a challenging and dynamic working environment with opportunities to make substantial contributions toward the success of our business.

Responsibilities:

Lead customer storage platform enablement using Microchip Switchtec PCI Express switch products and drive system-level solutions.
Collaborate with hyperscale and storage worldwide customers to define requirements, manage deliverables, and support platforms from initial board bring-up to production.
Provide technical support, manage customer platform enabling issues, and develop product collateral, hardware guides, reference design package, firmware updates, and software for PCIE switch products used in data center computing/storage integrated circuits.
Provide product training and presentation to internal field engineers, customer engineering teams, and mentorship to junior engineers.
Work independently and within cross-functional teams to solve complex engineering challenges.
Travel to customer sites in Asia and North America as needed to debug systems and support PCIe switch products.
Lead technical discussions and customer engagements to optimize system designs and platform implementation.
Ensure seamless product integration and lifecycle management through collaboration with customers and internal teams.
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