Role Overview
The Principal Systems Architect will serve as a technical expert and customer advocate for our Standard Products portfolio. This role combines hands-on technical support, product definition, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful integration and adoption of our Standard Products portfolio across automotive, industrial, and consumer markets.
Responsibilities
System Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Own system‑level architectural positioning product solutions across automotive and industrial platforms, including:
- Zonal controllers and centralized compute.
- Power distribution (OBC, DC/DC, EPS, braking, ADAS).
- Front‑end protection and sensing architectures.
- Translate customer system requirements into actionable guidance for product definition, New Product Initiatives, and portfolio gaps.
- Lead cross‑product architectural alignment across:
- Power regulation (LDOs, DC/DC, ideal diodes).
- Current sensing and signal chain. (Amplifiers).
- Logic and interface (I²C/I3C, SPI, GPIO).
- Isolation devices. (Opto-Isolators, Digital Isolators).
- Data storage (EEPROM).
- Act as the technical arbiter in architectural tradeoffs (accuracy vs. cost, integration vs. flexibility, roadmap timing vs. customer urgency).
Customer Engagement & Communication (Primary Focus)
- Serve as lead system architect in customer discussions:
- Technical workshops.
- Architecture deep dives.
- Roadmap alignment meetings.
- Escalation support for complex design‑in issues.
- Drive system‑level credibility with Tier‑1s and OEMs (e.g., EPS, zonal, ADAS, powertrain, body electronics).
- Shape customer perception of onsemi as a system solution partner, not a component vendor.
- Support FAEs by providing system context, reference architecture, and competitive positioning guidance.
Product Strategy & Portfolio Influence
- Drive product roadmaps and New Product initiatives s by:
- Identifying system‑level gaps.
- Providing architecture‑driven justification for investment decisions.
- Partner with Product Line, Marketing, and Applications teams to ensure roadmaps align with evolving customer architectures, not just pin‑to‑pin replacements.
- Contribute to architecture‑led differentiation, emphasizing innovation over replication.
Qualifications
Experience Requirements
- 10+ years experience in:
- Automotive or industrial semiconductor systems.
- Applications engineering, systems engineering, or architecture roles.
- Mixed signal circuit design and analysis.
- Demonstrated track record of:
- Leading system‑level customer engagements.
- Influencing product direction through architectural insight.
- Supporting multiple product lines simultaneously.
- Prior experience in Field Applications, Systems Engineering, or Technical Leadership roles.
- BS-EE Required, MS-EE plus.
About Us
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.
