Senior Staff Applications Engineer

As a Senior Staff Applications Engineer on our Marketing team, you will work hand‑in‑hand with customers, enabling them to transform our security products into cutting‑edge designs and build long‑lasting partnerships that thrive on success.

• Serve as the primary technical contact for customers and sales channels, delivering in‑depth support for embedded security projects using Infineon security solutions; build and support key North America account relationships.
• Apply strong C programming and IDE skills; leverage knowledge of Secure Elements to guide secure, inclusive designs.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with sales and product teams to understand diverse customer requirements, recommend winning solutions, and provide actionable feedback to product development on needs and trends.
• Lead accessible product demonstrations, technical presentations, and training for customers and internal teams.
• Support inclusive system integration, troubleshooting, and optimization of embedded control and serial communication systems.
• Create clear technical documentation, application notes, and reports; stay current with industry standards, trends, and emerging technologies in embedded systems.

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering; advanced degrees welcome.
• 5–7 years of hands‑on experience with embedded hardware platforms and C programming; strong embedded HW/SW design principles.
• Proficiency in cryptography protocols, serial communications, and IoT embedded systems; working knowledge of cybersecurity practices.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills; strong, inclusive communication and presentation abilities.
• Experience in industrial, healthcare, IT, or consumer markets is a plus; diverse, transferable backgrounds valued.
• Experience with other technologies such as Public Key Infrastructure, AWS, Global Platform, and Java Card is a plus.

Salary:
San Jose, CA – Minimum $155,040 base salary per year / Maximum $213,180 base salary per year. In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on‑boarding documents.

In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon’s ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon’s sole discretion.