Senior Engineer II

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer II-Applications opening in the Networking and Communications Group. The successful candidate will enable customers to be successful with USB products. Responsibilities include training sales and field engineers on the products, answering customer questions, debugging system implementation problems, writing documentation, and developing evaluation hardware to demonstrate product features.

• Provide direct technical support to sales and field application engineers as well as key strategic customers.
• Work with product marketing and end customers to understand product requirements and end goals and steer new product development to ensure product goals are met.
• Advocate for new development of companion silicon products with peer business unit leaders to create a total system solution.
• Coordinate with product marketers to initiate and maintain technical partnerships with other silicon vendors to provide joint collateral (reference schematics, evaluation and form‑factor hardware designs) and collaborative pre‑production customer support.
• Develop and present technical training such as webinars, hands‑on workshops, etc. to customers, sales, and field application engineers.
• Develop collateral such as application notes, data sheets, reference designs, and other activities for new product development.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with a minimum of 7.5 years of experience.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce high‑quality engineering documentation.
• Experience in Silicon/System Architecture, Applications Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles.
• Experience in designing hardware systems.
• Strong understanding of mixed‑signal systems and inter‑chip protocols.
• Basic understanding of software design.

• Experience and schedule flexibility to collaborate with USB & Networking group’s decentralized global engineering teams.
• Experience with high‑speed interfaces including USB, PCI Express, Ethernet, etc.
• Experience designing electrical circuits, system design, and reference design schematic capture with software‑based PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence).
• Leader or direct contributor in a technical role to bring three or more silicon products to market.
• Embedded and/or application programming experience (e.g., C, Python, Lab View) including commercial products, personal and open‑source projects.
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and software issues.
• Proficient with essential lab equipment including function generators, power supplies, multimeters, and oscilloscopes.
• Debugging experience with serial protocol analyzers (inter‑chip protocols, USB, PCIe, etc.).
• Contributor or liaison for international standards or special interest groups.
• Experience with hardware and microcontroller‑based designs.
• Experience in technical training development and presentation.
• Experience in direct customer service and support.

0% – 25%

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

Standing 20%, Walking 20%, Sitting 80%, Inside 100%, Monday‑Friday 8‑5 PM

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 – $205,000. The range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills, and experience.

Benefits of working at Microchip include competitive base pay, restricted stock units, quarterly bonus payments, health benefits from day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry‑leading ESPP program with a 2‑year look‑back feature.

Microchip Technology Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.