Applications Engineer | IPP PMIC

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking an Applications Engineer for the Data Center DDR PMIC family. You will collaborate with a global customer base to drive design-in opportunities, validate power integrity, and deliver robust reference designs and application notes.

The role emphasizes close interaction with Systems Engineers, automation for data analysis, and on-site support across world-wide customer sites to ensure successful deployments of TI power solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Foundational knowledge of power electronics (DC-DC conversion) and control loop theory.
• Experience with PCB design tools and power layout principles.
• Ability to thrive in a high-intensity, fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel frequently to support global customers.

Responsibilities

• Answering customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products, including expert technical support via forums and email.
• Performing schematic and layout reviews of customer applications to ensure power integrity and stability.
• Debugging customer issues by recreating scenarios on TI evaluation boards or customer boards.
• Providing on-site support at customer locations as required to ensure successful implementation.
• Navigating design windows and managing requirements for AVL qualification.

Skills

Power electronics

PCB design

Schematic reviews

Travel readiness

Python/MATLAB scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB design software

Automation scripting

Job description

Change the world. Love your job. 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

Change the world. Love your job. 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 is experiencing massive growth, specifically within the Data Center segment, where the market is evolving at an incredible pace. We are searching for an Applications Engineer who possesses the passion and excitement to grow, the innovation to tackle complex power challenges, and the drive to take an active role in product definition, characterization, and high-intensity post-ramp application support. This role is responsible for application support for DDR PMICs (Power Management Integrated Circuits) within the Data Center vertical. You will work closely with a global customer base of DRAM vendors to drive design-in opportunities and ensure our power solutions meets the rigorous demands of next-generation data center architectures.

Key Responsibilities Include

Answering customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products. This includes:

• Providing expert technical support via forums and email to resolve complex DDR power challenges.
• Performing schematic and layout reviews of customer applications to ensure optimal power integrity and stability.
• Debugging customer issues by recreating scenarios on TI evaluation boards or directly on customer boards.
• Providing on-site support at customer locations as required to ensure successful implementation.
• Navigating critical design windows and managing technical requirements for Intel AVL (Approved Vendor List) qualification.

Product Evaluation And Development

• Designing EVMs and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities for new DDR PMIC products.
• Creating user guides, test procedures, and ensuring the proper release of EVM boards for customer consumption.
• Participating in datasheet reviews to ensure technical completeness and accuracy for the end-user.
• Performing bench characterization for DDR PMIC devices, utilizing automation, hardware design, and advanced test techniques.
• Participating in new silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure product robustness (e.g., destructive testing).

Strategic Growth And Customer Success

• Collaborating with Systems Engineers to provide support for early design-in activities for upcoming products.
• Developing automation workflows to collect and analyze data to drive customer adoption and track market trends.
• Creating custom reference designs targeting specific Data Center applications to serve as implementation blueprints for customers.
• Writing application notes that explain diverse use cases, implementation strategies, and the flexibility of our DDR power solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Foundational knowledge of power electronics (DC-DC conversion) and control loop theory.
• Experience with PCB design tools and power layout principles.
• Ability to thrive in a high-intensity, fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel frequently to support global customers.

Preferred

• Deep understanding of control loop stability and compensation.
• Experience with automation/scripting (Python, MATLAB, etc.) for data collection and testing.
• Direct experience with DDR (DDR4/5/6) or the Data Center/Memory market.
• Proven track record of managing complex technical projects within tight design windows.

About Us

Why TI?

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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.

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About The Team

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