Product Test Technician

Texas Instruments Incorporated; Richardson (TX); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Incorporated in Richardson seeks a skilled Product Test Technician to join our team. This technician interfaces with engineering and manufacturing to resolve issues and provide process and product support across the fab, from product definition through production and release.

You will monitor line operations and guide prototyping and testing activities. The role involves supporting test programs, resolving floor disruptions, and contributing to yield analysis and reliability

Responsibilities

• Test Program & Process Management: Manage, troubleshoot, and enhance parametric test programs to ensure maximum stability and efficiency in the production environment.
• Production & Floor Support: Provide immediate technical support on the probe floor to resolve hardware, software, and test program disruptions.
• Yield Analysis & Lot Disposition: Perform precise technical evaluations of manufacturing lots and make critical decisions on re-probe or scrap.
• Reliability & Specialized Testing: Execute reliability protocols including VSM, 100% probing, pre-bake/post-bake testing, and thermal soak (bake) cycles.

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.