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Senior Application Engineer - Power Electronics

Job Summary

Work with us in shaping the future of Power Electronic Systems through Modeling and Simulation!

Join us in transforming how the industry designs and develops electric and electronic systems. As a key member of our customer-facing engineering team, you will collaborate with electrical and power electronics engineers to enhance their capabilities in system development and analysis using MathWorks tools.

In this role, you will:

  • Leverage your technical expertise to understand customer challenges and demonstrate how MathWorks solutions address their needs.
  • Engage in meaningful technical discussions and deliver compelling presentations and proofs of concept.
  • Support customers throughout their evaluation process, providing guidance and technical insight to ensure successful adoption.

Although this is a pre-sales position, it involves hands-on technical work, including developing models, simulations, and prototypes to showcase the value of our tools.

Travel Requirement: Up to 25%, primarily within North America.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with prospective customers to understand their workflows, challenges, and goals, and recommend tailored solutions using MathWorks tools.
  • Design and develop compelling demonstrations—including programs, application examples, and simulations—that showcase how MathWorks software addresses specific customer needs.
  • Deliver engaging presentations and live demos to audiences of varying sizes, from small technical teams to large conference settings.
  • Partner closely with sales representatives to align technical insights with strategic selling approaches, contributing to the successful achievement of sales objectives.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer by advocating for product enhancements and future directions based on real-world feedback and use cases.
  • Identify emerging application areas and collaborate with development and marketing teams to craft impactful messaging and demonstrations that resonate with target audiences.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

  • Experience with electrical design and simulation
  • Background in power electronics modeling and simulation is required
  • Some programming experience (MATLAB, C, C++, VHDL, etc.)
  • Experience developing and verifying simulation models for the purpose of control design, component sizing, and system performance evaluation
  • Familiarity with electrical or circuit design
  • MS or Ph.D. in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or equivalent experience.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both group and individual settings. 

Pluses:

  • Experience with MathWorks tools (MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape, etc.) or other engineering tools such as LTspice, SIMPLIS, PLECS, or PSIM. 
  • Experience in deploying simulation models for real time execution
You and MathWorks

Why MathWorks?

It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.

MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.

YOU + MathWorks = Unlimited Possibilities

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