Senior Photonics Applications Engineer — High-Speed Optical Systems

Texas Instruments Incorporated; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Incorporated is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to lead customer support, design-in activities, and high-speed test development for optical/electrical ICs. You will architect test setups, coordinate with global teams, and mentor junior staff.

Ideal candidates have hands-on leadership, strong characterization skills, and a track record of translating feedback into design improvements.

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on leadership in customer-facing engineering activities.
• Experience building high-speed test setups (>50 GHz) and measurement systems.
• Strong data handling, visualization, and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead external-facing interactions with customers and partners for design-in activities.
• Specify, assemble and validate high-speed electrical and optical test setups.
• Identify and procure test tools, coordinate with vendors for system readiness.
• Develop test plans across die, package and board levels for high-volume characterization.
• Build and maintain databases of measurement data and report findings using visualization tools.
• Supervise daily testing and coordinate validation across multiple global sites.

Skills

Customer support leadership

Test setup development

Equipment management

Device characterization

Data visualization

Team leadership

Job description

Texas Instruments Incorporated is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to lead customer support, design-in activities, and high-speed test development for optical/electrical ICs. You will architect test setups, coordinate with global teams, and mentor junior staff.

Ideal candidates have hands-on leadership, strong characterization skills, and a track record of translating feedback into design improvements.