About this role
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.
More details about our company benefits can be found here:
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
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.
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.
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.