System Applications Engineer – Power Electronics

Texas Instruments; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments seeks an Application Lead for Multiphase Controller and Power Stage products in Bengaluru. You will join a fast-moving IC development team to solve controller challenges, author reference materials, and deliver top-notch applications support for CPU and ASIC power solutions.

You will design evaluation modules, contribute to next-gen power architectures, and help grow TI’s business with strong collaboration across design, marketing, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or ECE.
• +5 years of application/system experience.
• Experience in applications support of power products.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and build evaluation modules for Multiphase Controller & Power Stage.
• Contribute to new Gen CPU/AI server power architecture development.
• Participate in hiring and mentoring interns.
• Provide technical support to customers for TI power solutions.
• Write datasheets and application notes for reference designs.
• Develop SIMPLIS or PSPICE models for power stages.
• Create EVMs and evaluation boards to validate designs.

Skills

Multiphase Controller

Power Stage

OrCAD

Altium

PSPICE

SIMPLIS

Python

C#

LabVIEW

Education

Electrical Engineering / ECE degree

Tools

PCB design tools

Job description

IPP-MPP product line offers high performance, innovative and cost-effective power solutions for a broad range of customer applications in enterprise, communications and automotive which include multiple phase DC/DC controllers, smart power stages, and sequencers. In MPP, our mission is to deliver the converter solutions which power large CPU, SOC, ASIC platforms in the rapidly expanding Enterprise Computing/Datacenter market.

We are looking for an application lead who has the passion and excitement to grow, innovate, take an active role in solving controller & Power stage technical challenges, create novel reference material for various CPU/ASIC power solutions, provide top-notch applications support to customers for various applications, defining next Gen multiphase controller & Power stage,. This is a fast paced, results driven environment that requires broad knowledge, creativity and excellent interpersonal skills on a daily basis. They then collaborate with the full IC development team (design, test, product engineers) to deliver products to the market which are compelling, competitive, cost-conscious, manufacturable, and importantly, successful in growing TI's business

In this role, you will be part of a strong and fast-moving team with opportunities to:

• Design and build evaluation modules for Multiphase Controller & Power stage
• Deeply involvement in the new product development with cutting edge of new Gen CPU/AI server power architecture.
• Actively participate in hiring, developing and evaluating new hires / interns to develop their leadership skills
• Collaborate with design, marketing and product teams to provide high value to customers
• Provide technical support to assist customers to design with TI's Multiphase Controller & Power stage Power solutions
• Write technical documents such as Datasheets, Application notes, etc.
• Contribute to the next generation Multiphase Controller & Power stage specs definition by engaging with leading CPU solution vendors. Assess IC development tradeoff with design team

Key responsibilities include:

• Answer customer questions and support design-in activities for released products by:
• Debug of customer problems by re-creating issues in our evaluation boards and/or customer boards
• On-site support for customer boards as required
• Schematic and Layout Review of customer application
• Forum and email questions from customers
• Closed work with CPU vendors to qualify the parts to PASS various AVL evaluation.
• Generate SIMPLIS or PSPICE Models for the Multiphase Controller & Power stage products
• Perform Bench Characterization for new product developments (NPDE), including bench automation, hardware design and develop test techniques, such as
• Participate in new silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure robustness of the product (i.e. destructive testing)
• Provide product recommendations, competitive position and analysis for customers
• Participate in datasheet reviews to ensure completeness of datasheets in development by Systems Engineers
• Design EVM and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities of new products
• Train/Maintain the FAE's team knowledge of Multiphase Controller & Power stage in order to provide local timely support.
• Write application notes and training collateral that explain different use cases, implementation and/or flexibility of multi-phase controller & Power Stage products

Bachelor’s/ Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE

+5 years of application/system experience

Experience in applications support of power products

Strong technical background, with the ability to produce high quality technical documentation

Preferred qualifications

Hands-on experience working on multi-phase controller & Power Stage product and solid understanding of power topology, such as DCAP+

Ability to create schematics using OrCAD or Altium; experience in developing PCB design with parasitic analysis a plus

Demonstrated strong modeling skill

Software skills in any major programming language (e.g. Python, C#, LabView, etc.)

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE or related field

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 take the initiative and drive for results