Applications Engineer

Texas Instruments India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

A global semiconductor company is searching for an applications engineer in Bengaluru to support customers using RF clock solutions. The role involves troubleshooting, hardware design, and creating documentation for new products. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Electrical Engineering and relevant experience, with strong technical skills in debugging and communication. Join a company committed to innovation and employee well-being as part of a diverse work environment.

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of relevant experience in hardware design.
• Strong understanding of technical documentation standards.
• Familiarity with clock buffers and synthesizers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support customers with TI's RF clock solutions.
• Debug customer hardware and firmware issues.
• Design evaluation boards for new product support.

Skills

Hardware debugging skills

Technical documentation

System-level board design

Collaboration and teamwork

Analytical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field

Tools

PCB design software

Oscilloscope

Multimeters

Job description

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Texas Instruments (TI) is out front and ready for the next big challenge. Our innovations are at the core of nearly every electronics product in use today. And it doesn't stop there. We're developing breakthrough technology to power the world's future innovations as well. TI is committed to building a better future — from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities. Put your talent to work with us.

Job Description

Our business has very high growth in TI and is in a segment where the market is fast growing. We're searching for an applications engineer who has the passion and excitement to grow, innovate, take an active role in product definition, execute the characterization until ramp, and provide post‑ramp application support to customers.

Responsibilities

• Support customers to design with TI's RF clock synthesizers, buffers and oscillators for their applications by providing technical support, trainings as required, explaining and interpreting device datasheets, reviewing their design and helping them get started with TI solutions (EVM, chipset, and tools).
• Schematic and layout review of customer applications.
• Troubleshoot customer hardware, firmware and system‑related issues. Debugging of customer problems by re‑creating issues in our evaluation boards and/or customer boards.
• On‑site support for customer boards as required.
• Design hardware boards (evaluation boards, reference designs related to clocking products) and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities of new products.
• Create user guides, test procedures and properly release EVM boards for customer consumption.
• Participate in datasheet review with the team to ensure completeness of datasheets being developed by the systems engineer.
• Perform bench characterization for RF clocking devices, including bench automation, hardware design, and development of test techniques.
• Participate in new silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure robustness of the product.
• Work with systems engineers to provide support to early‑design activities for new products.
• Create custom reference designs targeting relevant applications to be used as customer implementation ideas.
• Write application notes that explain different use cases, implementation, and/or flexibility of our products.
• Lead and support whole product launch activities. Work closely with marketing, program management, engineering, systems, and validation teams for execution and launch of new products/existing product enhancements.
• Work with systems and marketing to enable proof‑of‑concept demonstrations.
• Understand customer development timelines and enable timely support from TI.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field.
• 2‑6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in hardware board design; schematic capture with any PCB design software.
• Solid hardware debugging skills.
• Strong technical background, with the ability to produce high‑quality technical documentation.
• System‑level board design expertise.
• Expertise in technical documentation including EVM user’s guide, application notes, design notes and white papers.
• Good understanding of customer development timelines.
• Schematic and layout review of customer applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of clock buffers, clock synthesizers, analog and digital PLLs, oscillators, and RF products.
• Knowledge of Python scripts, C programming, and GUI tool development provides additional benefit.
• Familiarity with signal integrity analysis, power integrity analysis, and EMI/EMC considerations in PCB design.
• Familiarity with the use of all necessary lab equipment: oscilloscope, power supplies, gain/phase analyzers, multimeters, solder stations, etc.
• Experience with hardware/software integration, board bring‑up, and debugging.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions.
• Strong time‑management skills that enable on‑time project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced and rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results.
• Having experience with clocking‑related products will be a plus.

About Us

Why TI?

• Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
• We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives push innovation forward and make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI.
• Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well‑being is important to us.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

Texas Instruments is an equal‑opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment.

If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.

About The Team

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