Applications Engineer
SWIR Vision Systems
IT
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted on Feb 25, 2026
As an Application Engineer located in Scottsdale, Arizona with approximately 10% travel domestic and/or international. You will have the opportunity to interact with cross-functional team of engineers in design, marketing, product, sales and customers. We are looking for an experienced, highly technical leader to drive applications for protection and small signals products.
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
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onsemi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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- Bachelor or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field with emphasis on device physics, circuits and/or applications for protection devices.
- Expertise in characterization, handling lab equipment, testbench and Labview for automation
- Strong knowledge of EDA tools including PCB designs
- Prefer in depth knowledgeable in the reliability requirements, design for EMI/EMC, ESD, design for testability, automotive system expertise and application circuit.
- Hands on experience in ESD development and applications is a plus.
- Self-driven with the motivation and initiative and ability to effectively work with both the customers marketing and engineering teams.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
- Support of new product release with characterization, bench verification of application functions, and debug of device related issues for ESD, TVS and Small Signal products.
- Establish strong relationship with process fabs to review datasheet specifications, define appropriate critical test parameters for devices and perform SPICE simulations to verify applications
- Perform design, fabrication, and debug of board designs used during product validation or customer debug. This includes schematic generation, component selection, and PCB layout review.
- Understand new product technical requirements, validate device characteristics, and develop test solutions for high volume manufacturing including analyzing test results and generate supporting documentation.
- Collaborate with product, design, marketing and application to root-cause product issues, identify opportunities for resolution, improve measurement techniques that enhance tester capabilities to support new product designs.
- Support product specific demo’s and evaluation kits for targeted application, automate test benches, review and define specific tests for new products in development
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills. Possess initiative and motivation to effectively work with customers marketing and engineering teams.