Principal Engineer - Applications

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert for embedded wireless controllers, SoCs, software frameworks, SDKs, and wireless connectivity solutions.
• Provide advanced technical support to global customers, field application engineers, sales teams, and internal engineering teams for wireless embedded applications.
• Develop innovative and scalable solutions to address complex customer design challenges, system-level issues, and product integration problems.
• Lead the design, development, validation, and release of demo applications, reference designs, sample projects, and proof-of-concept solutions showcasing real-world use cases of Microchip wireless products.
• Drive customer design-ins and design-wins by executing reference designs, customer projects, application notes, and technical demonstrations.
• Collaborate closely with internal software, firmware, systems, silicon, validation, product marketing, and applications engineering teams to define, implement, optimize, and debug product features.
• Analyze customer requirements and provide architectural guidance for embedded wireless applications involving Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, IEEE 802.15.4, and other relevant wireless technologies.
• Validate, test, debug, and release SDKs, software framework packages, and application examples to ensure high quality, reliability, and ease of customer adoption.
• Lead complex system-level debugging efforts involving embedded firmware, wireless protocol stacks, hardware interfaces, RF behavior, RTOS, and application-layer software.
• Create high-quality technical resources such as Application notes, User guides, Training presentations, Instructional videos and Demo documentation
• Develop and deliver technical training for customers, distributors, field engineers, and internal teams.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on embedded software development, wireless systems, debugging methodologies, customer communication, and applications engineering best practices.
• Provide feedback to product development teams based on customer use cases, competitive analysis, field issues, and market requirements.
• Work effectively in a global, cross-functional, and virtual team environment while independently managing multiple customer and internal priorities.
• Travel as required to visit customers, support technical workshops, assist with on-site debugging, deliver product training, participate in design reviews, and support strategic customer engagements.
• Use AI productivity tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or similar platforms to improve efficiency in technical documentation, presentation creation, customer training material, and application note development.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools where appropria

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Additional Information

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: Microchip is seeking a Principal Applications Engineer - Wireless Systems to provide advanced technical leadership, customer engagement, and application development support for embedded wireless controllers and SoC products. This role requires deep expertise in embedded systems, wireless technologies, firmware development, customer-facing technical support, and cross-functional collaboration. The Principal Engineer will serve as a technical expert supporting global customers, influencing product direction, enabling design-ins and design-wins, and mentoring engineering teams. The role involves solving complex customer design challenges, developing high-quality reference solutions, and creating technical collateral that accelerates customer adoption of Microchip wireless products.

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