Applications Engineer | Audio

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments in Dallas seeks an engineer to own automotive Class-D audio amplifier issues and drive opportunities for Auto external amplifiers, head units, telematics, E-call and AVAS. You will help customers design TI audio amplifiers into products, review schematics, and debug systems across on-site and remote settings, collaborating with global teams to ensure successful production launches.

The role requires a BS in EE/CE or related field and 2+ years of engineering experience, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related degree.
• 2+ years related engineering experience including taking ownership to resolve customer issues.
• Strong ability to work with cross-functional teams and provide on-site support when required.

Responsibilities

• Own automotive Class-D audio amplifier technical issue resolution and drive opportunity DWINs for Auto external amplifier, Head Unit, Telematics, E-call & AVAS.
• Support customers in integrating TI audio amplifiers into end products via email, forum, calls, and on-site visits; review schematics and layouts; reproduce customer behavior for debugging.
• Collaborate with design, firmware, validation, test, system, marketing, sales, and applications teams across global sites to ensure smooth project execution to production and train FAEs.
• Provide system-level solutions addressing basic function, reliability and cost-effective implementations.
• Build prototypes for new features from customer systems, design key parameters and interface pins, and define value propositions.
• Assist with customer returns to reproduce issues and collaborate with field quality, design and sustaining teams to improve FA coverage.
• Design customer evaluation modules (EVMs), evaluate performance, specify GUI tools for EVMs, and drive EVMs and software to production release.
• Use lab equipment to measure audio performance, power consumption and other parameters, and present data clearly to customers and TI personnel.
• Create technical documents such as design guides, application notes, TI Designs, blogs and models to aid customers in selecting and debugging products.

Skills

Customer issue resolution

Cross-functional collaboration

On-site design/debug support

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscope

Signal generator

Data analysis tools

Job description

• This role will own automotive Class-D audio amplifier technical issue resolving, also responsible of driving opportunity DWINs for Auto external amplifier, Head Unit, Telematics, E-call & AVAS applications.
• Supporting customers design our audio amplifiers into their end product. This involves answering questions and helping debug customer issues via email, forum, calls, and on-site visits, reviewing customer schematics and board layouts, attempting to duplicate customer system behavior within TI for better debug, drive collaboration with cross-function team to seek for solution/workaround. Specific on-site time will be required to help customers design and debug their systems using our devices.
• This role involves collaboration with cross-functional team across global sites, including product line inside - design engineers, firmware engineers, validation and test team, system and marketing team, also with sales & application team on customer project smooth execution to production, and training FAEs on products basic knowledges and how to sell/use.
• Provide customer system level solutions to address application requirements including basic function, reliability & easier, cost attractive implementation.
• Fully understand customer’s system level requirements. Work with systems and designs to define common customer features/designs and development challenges for new product definition, provide data driven product recommendations.
• Build prototype for new feature from customer system level, own key parameter design and customer interface(register, HW pins) design, own value proposition learning and definition.
• Support customer returns to recreate issue and provide recommendations, collaboration with field quality engineer, design team and sustaining engineer for FA process and test coverage improvements.
• Designing customer evaluation modules (EVMs), evaluating EVM performance and functionality, specifying software graphical user interface tools to work with each EVM, and driving each EVM and accompanying software through to production release.
• Using lab equipment to make measurements related to audio performance, power consumption, and other performance parameters, organizing and presenting the data collected so as to be understandable by customers and TI internal personnel.
• Create technical documents(design guides, application notes, TI Designs, blogs, models, simulation tools, etc.) that enables customers to effectively select, design in and debug products.

Responsibilities

Job Description

• This role will own automotive Class-D audio amplifier technical issue resolving, also responsible of driving opportunity DWINs for Auto external amplifier, Head Unit, Telematics, E-call & AVAS applications.
• Supporting customers design our audio amplifiers into their end product. This involves answering questions and helping debug customer issues via email, forum, calls, and on-site visits, reviewing customer schematics and board layouts, attempting to duplicate customer system behavior within TI for better debug, drive collaboration with cross-function team to seek for solution/workaround. Specific on-site time will be required to help customers design and debug their systems using our devices.
• This role involves collaboration with cross-functional team across global sites, including product line inside - design engineers, firmware engineers, validation and test team, system and marketing team, also with sales & application team on customer project smooth execution to production, and training FAEs on products basic knowledges and how to sell/use.
• Provide customer system level solutions to address application requirements including basic function, reliability & easier, cost attractive implementation.
• Fully understand customer’s system level requirements. Work with systems and designs to define common customer features/designs and development challenges for new product definition, provide data driven product recommendations.
• Build prototype for new feature from customer system level, own key parameter design and customer interface(register, HW pins) design, own value proposition learning and definition.
• Support customer returns to recreate issue and provide recommendations, collaboration with field quality engineer, design team and sustaining engineer for FA process and test coverage improvements.
• Designing customer evaluation modules (EVMs), evaluating EVM performance and functionality, specifying software graphical user interface tools to work with each EVM, and driving each EVM and accompanying software through to production release.
• Using lab equipment to make measurements related to audio performance, power consumption, and other performance parameters, organizing and presenting the data collected so as to be understandable by customers and TI internal personnel.
• Create technical documents(design guides, application notes, TI Designs, blogs, models, simulation tools, etc.) that enables customers to effectively select, design in and debug products.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related degree
• 2 + years related Engineering experiences including:
  • Strong responsible attitude to own and drive/resolve customer issues
  • Master schematic/layout tools like Altium Designer, etc.
  • Solid analog and basic mixed signal chain knowledge
  • Solid lab instrument handling capability: oscilloscope, AP, signal generator and data analysis handling capability

Preferred Qualifications

• Has MCU related HW & software experience, able to write C code or familiar with AI tools for SW implementation.
• Experience with Amplifier/ADC/DAC/PLL/DC-DC converter application is a plus.
• EMC (CE and RE) handling knowledge & key board parameter distraction, simulation capability is a plus
• Experience of playing music or making music is a plus.

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