Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Automotive Electrification

Scottsdale, AZ (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own automotive electrification tech strategy and reference architectures, bridging customers and R&D across power conversion, motor control, sensors, and power electronics for ON Semiconductor's EV portfolio.

  • Own technical SME role for future EV architectures and drive partnerships with OEMs and Tier 1s.
  • Translate features into customer value and shape roadmap with market feedback.
  • Engage customers and field teams with architecture reviews, design-in support, and VOC collection.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Technical Market Experience
  • Serve as the automotive system wide technology subject‑matter expert for future automotive electrification needs
  • Motor control (PMSM, servo systems, FOC algorithms)
  • Power electronics (Power modules, gate drivers, signal conditioning, inverter control)
  • Embedded control (MCUs, MPUs, real‑time control)
  • Sensors (Hall, TMR, current sense, torque, rotor position, etc)
  • Analyze market trends, architectures, and competitive solutions in automotive EV systems.
  • Define application reference architectures and designs leveraging full portfolio of relevant onsemi solutions.
  • Form strategic partnerships with Tier 1’s, OEM’s, and other technology vendors to bring onsemi leading technology to market.
  • Product Positioning & Messaging
  • Translate product features into clear customer value propositions (performance, efficiency, safety, cost, scalability).
  • Develop technical positioning, differentiation, and competitive battlecards.
  • Influence product roadmap by bringing customer and market requirements back to engineering and product management.
  • Customer & Field Engagement
  • Support key customer engagements alongside sales and FAEs:
  • Technical presentations
  • Architecture reviews
  • Design‑in support and concept validation
  • Act as a technical bridge between customers and internal R&D teams.
  • Gather voice‑of‑customer feedback globally into clear market leading requirements.

Requirements

  • Masters of Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • MBA or graduate degree in related area is a plus
  • Strong Technical foundation: 15+ years hands-on experience in the automotive systems – focused on architecture & design around power conversion, motor control, analog systems, power device physics, sensors, MCUs/SoCs/GPUs
  • Application relevant experience: direct knowledge of applications and technologies specific to automotive electrification and power train building blocks.
  • Technical communication skills: ability to interface with customers to gather information as well as offer technical guidance on designs leveraging onsemi technologies.
  • Ability to decipher circuit diagrams and semiconductor specs.
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills: Authored and published white papers, articles, references for both internal documents (ex. Market & Product Requirement documents) or external content (webinars).
  • Please expect travel to be approximately 25%. Occasional travel to Europe, South America, Asia will be required. Travel to other locations in the USA will also be required.

Preferred

  • MBA or graduate degree in related area is a plus

Benefits

    Notes

    • Talent.acquisition@onsemi.com for assistance.
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    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. Learn more about onsemi at www.onsemi.com.

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