Posted 16 Jun 2026
Platform Development Engineer
Nexperia
📍 Manchester, GB
Job description
In this role, you will contribute across theentire product development lifecyclefrom early concept and device architecture through design, prototyping, validation, and industrialisation. Yourexpertisewill directly influence the performance, reliability, and manufacturability of future MOSFET platforms.
We are looking for amethodical problem solverwho can conceptualise, design, and develop innovative semiconductor power MOSFET technologies. If you enjoy workinghands-onin a collaborative R&D environment where your technical insight is genuinely valued, this role offers the scope and impactyourelooking for.
What you will do
As a Platform Development Engineer at Nexperia, you will join a large and highly collaborative R&D organisation with direct exposure to teams across the business. You will work closely with colleagues in R&D, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to ensure alignment on specifications, technology roadmaps, andlong-termproduct strategy. You will also interact with external customers, global suppliers, and our assembly and test operations, giving you broad visibility and influence across the full development chain.
Key Responsibilities
- Understanding and interpreting the Customer Requirement Specification for new products
- Contributing to technology platform and product design using tools such as TCAD, Cadence, andKlayout
- Performing data analysis across wafer test, assembly, and qualification stages
- Preparing clear technical summaries and communicating complex information to team members and wider stakeholders
What you will need
EssentialRequirements:
- Degree inElectronics Engineering,Semiconductor Physics,Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline
- Several years of experience inpower semiconductor technology development(Power MOSFETs, ideally Silicon), with strong understanding ofdevice physics,process interactions,manufacturability, andfailure mechanisms
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical information forstakeholders,senior management, andcross-functionalteams
- Ability to work on site based in Stockport on a Hybrid basis (3 days per week in office)
Desirable skills & experience
- Project management experience with the ability to multitask across development streams
- Demonstrated experience using design tools like TCAD, Cadence orKlayout
- Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab, Statistica or SPSS
- Hands-onexperience with root cause analysis, including 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone diagrams and containment strategies
Interview process
Stage 1: Recruiter Review
Stage 2: 30-60-minute Technical Interview
Stage 3: 60-minute Behavioural & Competency Interview
What Your benefits will include
- A comprehensive and competitive salary package
- Bonus of up to 20%
- 9% Employer pension contribution
- Hybrid and Flexible working options
- Subsidised canteen
- Income protection
- 12 x salary life assurance
- 33 days annual leave
- On-site medical centre
- Flexible benefits scheme
- Retail and Entertainment discounts
Professional Development? As a large multinational organisation, we offer huge growth potential both internally and globally within the business, via both management and technical pathways.
Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability? A global commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2035, working with suppliers who embrace andcomply withthe Nexperia Supplier Code of Conduct, paid time off for every employee to support charitable work up to 4 times per year.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion??Corporate members of Neurodiversity in Business and a Disability Confident Employer. Dedicated Employee Resource Groups forNeuroinclusion, the LGBTQ+ community, and Women in Nexperia, with a commitment to increase women in management positions to 30% by 2030.
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