Applications Engineer | DCC CTS

118-WW TMG MFG OPS; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking an Applications Engineer in Santa Clara, CA, to provide post ramp and design-in support for clock and timing devices. The role emphasizes collaboration with design teams, on-site customer support, and producing robust application notes.

The candidate will review schematics, help debug board issues, develop EVMs, and generate user guides to ensure successful product adoption and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in EE/ECE or related field.
• 2 years of relevant experience in applied engineering.
• Experience in analog product applications support.
• Strong debugging skills in hardware and software.
• PLL and VCO knowledge helpful.

Responsibilities

• Answer customer questions and support design-in activities for released products.
• Schematic and Layout Review of customer application.
• Debug of customer problems by re-creating issues on evaluation boards.
• On-site support for customer boards as required.
• Design EVM and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities of new products.
• Create user guides, test procedures and proper release of EVM boards for customer consumption.
• Participate in datasheet review to ensure completeness of datasheet being developed by the Systems Engineer.
• Perform Bench Characterization for Clocking devices, including bench automation, hardware design and develop test techniques.
• Work with systems engineer to provide support to early design in 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.

Skills

Hardware debugging

Software debugging

Technical documentation

PLL & VCO knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

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.

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

This role is responsible for application support for clock and timing devices. Key responsibilities include:

• Answer customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products. This includes:
• Forum and email questions from customers
• Schematic and Layout Review of customer application
• Debug of customer problems by re-creating issues in our evaluation boards and/or customer boards
• On-site support for customer board as required
• Design EVM and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities of new products
• Create user guides, test procedures and proper release of EVM boards for customer consumption
• Participate in datasheet review to ensure completeness of datasheet being developed by the Systems Engineer
• Perform Bench Characterization for Clocking devices, including bench automation, hardware design and develop test techniques
• Participate in new silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure robustness of the product (i.e. destructive testing)
• Work with systems engineer to provide support to early design in 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

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field
• 2 years of relevant experience
• Experience in applications support of analog products
• Solid hardware and software debugging skills
• Strong technical background, with the ability to produce high quality technical documentation
• PLL & VCOs related knowledges

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery.