Product Test Technician

Texas Instruments; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking a skilled Product Test Technician to join our team in a cleanroom environment. You will interface with engineering and manufacturing groups across the fab to ensure issues are solved effectively and efficiently, providing process and product support and addressing production concerns.

As part of the team, you will monitor and audit line operators, support probe card maintenance, and contribute to yield analysis and lot disposition.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED is required.
• 18 years of age or older.
• 2 years semiconductor technician experience OR 8 years non-semiconductor/military technician experience.
• Willingness to work 12-hour compressed shifts including day or night.

Responsibilities

• Test Program & Process Management: manage, troubleshoot, and enhance parametric test programs for stability and efficiency.
• Production & Floor Support: provide immediate technical support on the probe floor to resolve disruptions.
• Yield Analysis & Lot Disposition: evaluate lots, determine re-probe requirements or potential scrap.
• Reliability & Specialized Testing: support reliability protocols including VSM, 100% probing, pre-/post-bake, and thermal soak cycles.

Skills

Test program management

Equipment troubleshooting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High School diploma/GED

Job description

Change the world. Love your job. Texas Instruments is looking for a skilled Product Test Technician to join our team. This technician will be an invaluable part of the team, interfacing and communicating with engineering and manufacturing groups across the fab to ensure all issues are solved appropriately and efficiently. Additionally, you will provide process and product support to the organization and address production concerns and disposition of production material. As a product technician in one of our clean rooms, you will provide technical support for a specific product or group of products, from product definition and planning through production and release. Once the product is on the line, you will monitor and audit line operators, and offer guidance.

Job Description

Change the world. Love your job. Texas Instruments is looking for a skilled Product Test Technician to join our team. This technician will be an invaluable part of the team, interfacing and communicating with engineering and manufacturing groups across the fab to ensure all issues are solved appropriately and efficiently. Additionally, you will provide process and product support to the organization and address production concerns and disposition of production material. As a product technician in one of our clean rooms, you will provide technical support for a specific product or group of products, from product definition and planning through production and release. Once the product is on the line, you will monitor and audit line operators, and offer guidance.

Responsibilities Include

• Test Program & Process Management
  • Program Optimization: Manage, troubleshoot, and enhance parametric test programs to ensure maximum stability and efficiency in the production environment.
  • Continuous Improvement: Evaluate test program performance, recommending and implementing technical improvements to mitigate recurring issues.
  • Device Integration: Create and maintain Accretech prober device files for new devices at all parametric probing log points.
  • Technical Support: Act as the primary technical resource for all engineering test program requests and system updates.
• Production & Floor Support
  • First Line of Defense: Provide immediate technical support on the probe floor to resolve hardware, software, and test program disruptions.
  • Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously monitor floor operations to proactively address hardware failures, prober device file errors, lot holds, and process deviations.
  • Probe Card Maintenance: Support the maintenance and troubleshooting of probe cards to minimize downtime.
• Yield Analysis & Lot Disposition
  • Lot Disposition: Perform precise technical evaluations of manufacturing lots on the probe floor; make critical decisions regarding re-probe requirements or potential scrap.
  • Yield Root Cause Analysis: Monitor yield trends and perform component-level debugging to identify and resolve the root causes of yield degradation.
  • Wafer Map Analysis: Review wafer maps to identify spatial yield patterns, report findings, and execute necessary dispositions.
  • Data Communication: Organize complex yield data and distribute timely reports to the engineering team to highlight critical issues requiring attention.
• Reliability & Specialized Testing
  • Reliability Testing Support: Execute and support reliability protocols, including VSM, 100% probing, pre-bake/post-bake testing, and thermal soak (bake) cycles.

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED
• 18 years of age or older
• One of the following:
  • 2 years of semiconductor experience as Technician OR
  • 8 years of non-semiconductor/military Technician experience
• Ability to work 12 hour compressed work schedule
• Flexible to work day or night shift that will include one