Engineering Technician

Texas Instruments Incorporated; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Incorporated in Tucson seeks an Engineering Technician to support the LP/LVL Product Engineering team on cutting-edge devices. You will contribute to New Product Development and COGS/Quality/Sustaining efforts, driving development, cost reduction, qualification, and customer-return analysis.

You will perform bench testing, debugging, soldering for PCB modification and repair, and qualification activities with lab collaboration to ensure robust device releases.

Qualifications

• Experience performing bench testing and debugging of analog/digital circuitry.
• Hands-on skills with test equipment and measurement techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support design, test, checkout, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype systems.
• Conduct engineering tests to collect data for design validation and characterization.
• Log results and contribute to NPDE and COGS/Quality/Sustaining projects.
• Support ATE setup, bench characterization, and documentation of results.

Skills

Bench testing

Debugging

Soldering

Electrical measurement

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

PCB modification

Job description

Change the world. Love your job. Texas Instruments is looking for a dynamic and detailed-oriented Engineering Technician to join our team. In this role, you would support the LP/LVL Product Engineering team’s development on cutting-edge devices through your work with both New Product Development and COGS/Quality/Sustaining teams to drive development and release of new devices, as well as test cost reduction, qualification / characterization, and customer returns. You would support development on roadmap ATE platforms. You would also drive bench testing and debug, soldering activities for PCB modification and repair, and qualification/characterization activities working closely with our labs.

Responsibilities include:

• Technical functions in support of engineering activities such as design, test, checkout, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry or specialized test equipment
• Applications may includeanalog, digital and/or video circuits, logic systems, and packaging.
• Work from schematics, diagrams, written, and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout and trouble-shooting functions.
• Conduct engineering tests and detailed experimental testing to collect design data or assist in research work.
• Perform operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment
• Contributor to NPDE and COGS/Quality/Sustaining team projects
• Support ATE setup requests and volume handler/prober runs across multiple ATE platforms
• Support PE team qualification HW (BIBs, THB, BLR boards)bring-upand testing, and logging Qual results in REX/RelDB
• Support ATE verification and result documentation activities on priority customer returns
• Perform soldering activities for repairs/debug/maintenance of ATE PCB, Qual HW, Bench char, customer returns, etc.
• Logistics and shipping to support the team
• Run high volume checkouts on ATE/Qual HW/Bench characterization test setups
• Improve test hardware robustness driving back learnings and improvements for socket, board, handler form, fit, and function working in conjunction with vendors, TMG, & factories