Principal Engineer - Product Marketing

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**Job Description:**

**About the Role**

Microchip's Wireless Solutions Group is defining the next generation of wireless system-on-chip (SoC) products for the automotive market among other durable segments. We are seeking an experienced **Principal Engineer - Product Marketing** to own the product strategy, requirements, and business planning for our automotive wireless SoC portfolio — spanning Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Ultra-Wideband (UWB), and emerging connectivity standards. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role. You will drive multiple concurrent product lines from concept through definition and launch, working at the intersection of marketing, engineering, and the broader automotive ecosystem. You'll represent Microchip in key industry consortia and shape the wireless roadmap for durable, long-lifecycle markets.

**What You'll Do**

• Product Strategy & Definition: Own product business plans, product requirements documents, and competitive positioning for automotive wireless SoCs targeting digital key, vehicle access, and adjacent applications. Define feature-sets and drive trade-off decisions across BLE, UWB, and next-generation connectivity standards in close collaboration with Systems, RF IP, digital & analog IP engineering teams. Build and maintain a data-driven product roadmap informed by customer needs, competitive dynamics, and technology evolution.
• Market & Competitive Intelligence: Conduct ongoing competitive analysis of automotive wireless solutions from key competitors and translate insights into product differentiation strategy. Track and anticipate Bluetooth, UWB, and automotive connectivity standard evolution to inform forward-looking product definition.
• Industry Consortium & Ecosystem Engagement: Actively participate in industry standards bodies and consortia (e.g., Car Connectivity Consortium, Bluetooth SIG, FiRa), contributing to working groups and monitoring emerging use-cases and specification changes. Translate consortium direction into actionable product requirements and customer-facing positioning.
• Customer & Sales Enablement: Partner with worldwide automotive sales, field application engineers, and regional business development teams to support customer engagements, design-ins, and technical evaluations. Develop training materials, competitive collateral, and demonstration strategies that equip the field organization to win.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinate across hardware, software/applications, IP acquisition, and validation teams to ensure product definition milestones stay on track. Drive buy-vs-build and architectural decisions for key wireless IP blocks in collaboration with engineering leadership.

**Requirements/Qualifications:**

**Required:** 8+ Jahre in der Halbleiterproduktvermarktung oder Produktmanagement, mit praktischer Erfahrung in der Definition von drahtlosen SoC- oder RF-IC-Produkten (BLE, UWB, Wi-Fi, SubGHz oder ähnlich). Nachweisliche Erfolge bei der Geschäftsentwicklung, der Generierung neuer Einnahmen und der Markteinführung neuer Produkte. Erfahrung in der Definition neuer Produkte und Produktgeschäftspläne. Nachgewiesene Fähigkeit, auf technischer Ebene mit Architektur, Design und Anwendungen zu kommunizieren. Vertrautheit mit der Wettbewerbslandschaft in der Automobilvernetzungshalbleitern. Starke finanzielle Kenntnisse, sicher im Umgang mit Umsatzmodellen, Prognosen und Margenanalysen für Halbleiterproduktlinien. Ausgezeichnete Kommunikationsfähigkeiten; in der Lage, funktionsübergreifende Teams und Führungskräfte zu beeinflussen. Bereitschaft zu reisen (20%) für Kundenbesuche und Konsortialtreffen.

**Preferred:** Direkte Erfahrung in Fahrzeugzugang, digitalem Schlüssel, PEPS oder Automobil-Bordnetzprodukten. Erfahrung in der Verwaltung von Produktportfolios, die mehrere Technologien umfassen. Vertraut mit Branchenstandards und Allianzen. MSEE, MSCS oder gleichwertiger technischer Abschluss; MBA ist von Vorteil.

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