Lead Principal Engineer for Timer & Real-Time Control in Microcontrollers (f/m/div)

As a Lead Principal Engineer in Timer & Real-Time Control for Microcontrollers, you shape the architectural direction of timer systems across MCU generations. You will work within R&D to balance real-time performance, power, and safety, driving innovations that enable reliable control loops. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate use cases into robust architecture and KPIs, leveraging simulations and AI-enabled methods. This role offers the chance to impact product portfolios at scale and contribute to Infineon’s mission of green, secure technology.

• Break down stakeholder requirements into architectural timer requirements and interfaces
• Own platform-level timer architecture and evolution of IP components across MCU generations
• Define deterministic timing concepts for real-time control loops (triggering, synchronization, latency/jitter budgets, fault reactions)
• Drive architectural trade-offs between real-time performance, power, safety, and scalability using simulations and prototypes
• Ensure Power-Performance-Area competitiveness for the subsystem across the full product portfolio
• Interface with Technical Marketing, SoC/IP Design, Verification, and Software teams for coherent system integration
• Create and maintain high-quality architecture documentation and requirement baselines
• Proactively identify innovation opportunities in timer and real-time orchestration aligned with platform strategy

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Control Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of relevant experience in semiconductor or automotive MCU/SoC architecture with hands-on design experience
• Strong expertise in timer architecture and deterministic real-time system design
• Proven experience translating use-case/system needs into architectural requirements and KPIs
• Solid understanding of closed-loop control constraints (timing determinism, synchronization, latency/jitter control)
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 and functional safety concepts in architecture design (advantage)
• Team player with openness for innovation
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in international, cross-functional teams
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

• team player
• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• timer architecture
• deterministic real-time system design
• latency/jitter control