Principal Engineer Firmware

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As a Principal Engineer Firmware in our Research & Development team, you'll have the opportunity to merge creativity with your technical expertise by shaping the future of technology, driving groundbreaking projects, and bringing new ideas to life.

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Your Role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Provide on-site and remote support for integration and bring-up at customer and partner locations: hands-on debug, measurement, and structured issue reproduction

• Tune end-to-end performance with measurable goals—for example latency, through put, jitter, and deterministic behavior where the application requires it

• Work with sensor, actuator, and bridge connectivity patterns(including Ethernet and comparable industrial interfaces) to close gaps between datasheets, reference designs, and customer reality

• Study hardware and software protocol documentation; produce implementation proposals, risk notes, and migration paths customers can adopt

• Integrate Infineon smart actuators and sensors into customer reference platforms, validating assumptions with experiments and concise technical write-ups

• Partner with teams responsible for edge AI compute stacks so that data paths, drivers, and APIs match what autonomy and perception software expect

• Where customers use robotics simulation or digital twins for validation, help align real hardware behavior with simulated assumptions(hand-offs to simulation-focused peers as needed)

• Develop or adapt Python and C++ utilities for bring-up, data capture, regression checks, and customer demonstrations

• Deliver technical presentations, demos, and focused training so customers can sustain what you help them build

• Collaborate globally with experts and central functions; communicate requirements, gaps, and competitive observations clearly

• Track technology trends in Physical AI, humanoid and industrial robotics, motor control, power electronics, and communications that affect customer architectures

Your Profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or comparable field—with a strong software focus

• Experience: 5 to 8 years of professional experience in software, robotics, simulation, embedded systems, applications engineering, system integration, or related customer-facing technical roles—or 3 years of relevant experience with

• Master’s, or about 2 years with a PhD, in comparable domains

• Solid Python and C++ for bring-up tools, integration code, orperformance-sensitive components

• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux or comparable edge environments, drivers, protocols, and basic hardware debug (scopes, logic analyzers, or equivalent collaboration with HW peers)

• Familiarity with real-time and performance-aware design: latency, timing, bandwidth, and system-level trade-offs

• Understanding of sensors and actuators in motion and robotics contexts; comfort with motor control and power concepts at the systemlevel

• Exposure to robotics middleware (for example ROS2) or industrial field buses where customers use them

• Ability to work within MBSE-oriented customer programs: requirements and traceability, interface and architecture views,and related artifacts that drive integration and acceptance planning

• Strong customer communication: structured updates, honest status, and calm escalation when risks emerge

• Experience working in cross-functional and international teams; fluent professional English

• Willingness to travel to support customers (frequency depends on projects and policy)

Nice to have

• Hands-on use of SysML, MBSE repositories, or architecture modeling tools (commercial or open) in hardware–software or systems programs

• Familiarity with robotics simulation tools such as Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, or Omniverse when customers use them alongside hardware bring-up

• Background in functional safety, EMC, or thermal constraints as they affect edge deployments.

• Prior semiconductor or tier-one automotive/industrial applications exposure

• At Infineon Technologies, we value diversity and inclusion, recognizing the unique contributions of each team member in driving innovation and success. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply, knowing that diversity of experience strengthens our team and our products

–Connected Secure Systems (CSS) is at the heart of the IoT –

The CSS division provides end-to-end systems for a connected, secured world – building on trusted, game-changing microcontrollers as well as wireless and security solutions. CSS delivers microcontrollers plus Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and combined connectivity solutions (known as connectivity combos) along with hardware-based security technologies to power the broadest application spectrum spanning consumer electronics, IoT devices, cloud security, IT equipment, home appliances, connected cars, credit and debit cards, electronic passports, ID cards, and more. The division is at the forefront of computing, wireless connectivity, and trusted technologies that are helping to securely connect the networked systems of today and tomorrow.

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Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on-boarding documents.

In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.*

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In the United States, it is required to disclose a salary range to applicants. The Wage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate in the United States is:

San Jose, CA - Minimum of $ 196,200 salary per year / Maximum of $ 269,800 salary per year

In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

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