Principal Product Application Engineer – Diodes, Transistors

Nexperia

Principal Product Application Engineer for Nexperia, responsible for application strategy and customer insights in semiconductor industry. Collaborating with R&D and Product Management to enhance product portfolio.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeHamburg • 🇩🇪 GermanyLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Qualify the value of Nexperia's products (strengths versus competitive products) and quantify the technical benefits derived from choosing Nexperia
Take the lead for product requirements based on application insights
Represent Nexperia’s application perspective in technical comities and Standardization groups as well as establishing and maintaining technical contacts to key decisions makers and influencers like Car OEMs and reference design houses and of course Industry Lead Customers
Translate application expertise and customer insights into “customer requirement specifications” and build a future proof product portfolio
Conduct product investigations and circuit analysis on application level
Set up demo boards and represent the Nexperia Diodes & Transistors group at trade fairs

Requirements

What you’ll need

University degree in electrical engineering or other related technical discipline
Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the semiconductor industry or in a related business
Ideally proven experience within the Automotive/Industrial/Consumer Electronics environment
Development and Engineering experience, as well as hardware design know how
Simulation and measurement know-how are a plus
Entrepreneurial thinking, result oriented, customer focused
Strong communication and negotiation skills in English. German language is a plus
Team player with hands-on mentality and proven track record in working in multicultural/international teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working hours and possibility of overtime reduction to maintain a Work-Life-Balance
Unlimited employment contract with a competitive salary and supplementary voluntary employee benefits
A wide variety of training courses and career development options
Numerous further benefits, such as retirement provisions, travel allowance for the public transport ticket, company events, sports and leisure activities, employee discounts and even more

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Hard Skills & Tools

electrical engineeringsemiconductor industryhardware designcircuit analysissimulationmeasurementproduct requirementscustomer requirement specificationsproduct portfolio developmentdemo board setup

Soft Skills

entrepreneurial thinkingresult orientedcustomer focusedcommunication skillsnegotiation skillsteam playerhands-on mentalitymulticultural teamworkleadershiporganizational skills

Certifications

university degree in electrical engineering