Test Engineer | BGP

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Incorporated is seeking a Test Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions for Battery-Gauge ICs in a fast-paced environment in Dallas. You will collaborate with firmware, product engineering, and customers to ensure test programs, hardware, and processes meet quality, cost, and schedule targets throughout product development and release cycles.

The role requires hands-on ATE experience (Teradyne J750 preferred) and strong analog/mixed-signal proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 3 years of relevant experience
• ATE experience on Teradyne J750 or equivalent analog ATE Eagle (ETS800) platforms
• Characterization test program and hardware development experience
• Production test program and hardware development experience
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic devices and circuits, and Analog test techniques
• Data analysis skills using Spotfire, dataPower or equivalent tool based on STDF
• Experienced with lab equipment such as scopes, power supplies, sourcemeters, loads
• Experience with yield improvement and test time reduction
• Strong understanding of the IC product development process, from concept to volume production

Responsibilities

• Work with design team to understand design specifications
• Generate test plan, create test and char program, design ATE hardware interface boards
• Debug characterizing silicon on ATE, correlate results with bench data
• Analyze silicon results, supporting failure analysis tasks
• Perform statistical analysis of yield fallout, debug and fix yield issues; optimize test time
• Work with production team to release products to volume production
• Test strategy definition and implementation for new DCDC converter products
• ATE test hardware and software
• Silicon qualification and characterization including qual hardware development
• Comprehensive device debugging, design validation and failure analysis
• Drive for robust and cost effective test solutions while being accountable for product quality

Skills

ATE testing

Data analysis

Test program development

Analog/mixed-signal knowledge

Lab equipment familiarity

Yield improvement

C/C++

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Teradyne J750

Eagle ETS800

IG-XL

Job description

Change the world. Love your job. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team that drives testing of highly integrated multi-rail power management devices going into markets with significant growth potential. The ideal candidate would have a background that includes probe and final test development of complex mixed signal circuits.

Job Description

The Test Engineer will design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions for Battery‑Gauge integrated circuits (ICs). Working closely with the firmware (FW) team, product engineering (PE) group, and key customers, you will ensure that test programs, hardware, and processes meet quality, cost, and schedule targets throughout product development and release cycles.

Responsibilities Include

• Work with design team to understand design specifications
• Generate test plan, create test and char program, design ATE hardware interface boards
• Debug characterizing silicon on ATE, correlate results with bench data
• Analyze silicon results, supporting failure analysis tasks
• Perform statistical analysis of yield fallout, debug and fix yield issues; optimize test time
• Work with production team to release products to volume production
• Test strategy definition and implementation for new DCDC converter products
• ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) test hardware and software
• Silicon qualification& characterization including qual hardware development
• Comprehensive device debugging, design validation and failure analysis
• Drive for robust and cost effective test solutions while being accountable for product quality

Qualifications

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 3 years of relevant experience
• ATE experience on Teradyne J750 or equivalent analog ATE Eagle (ETS800) platforms, although J750 experience is preferred and is a differentiator
• Characterization test program and hardware development experience, Production test program and hardware development experience
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic devices and circuits, and Analog test techniques
• Data analysis skills using Spotfire, dataPower or equivalent tool based on STDF
• Experienced with various lab equipment such as scopes, power supplies, sourcemeters, loads etc.
• Experience with product engineering activities such as yield improvement and test time reduction
• Strong understanding of the IC product development process, from concept to volume production

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience developing test programs for analog or mixed‑signal ICs on Teradyne J750 and/or ETS800 platforms, although J750 experience is preferred and is a differentiator
• Strong background in automated test hardware design (load boards, probe cards, fixtures).
• Programming proficiency in C/C++, Python, and/or ATE‑specific languages such as IG‑XL.
• Hands‑on knowledge of analog measurement techniques (supply current, output regulation, switching frequency, noise).
• Solid understanding of power‑management IC architectures (converters, LDOs, battery‑management, protection devices, gate drivers).
• In‑depth grasp of semiconductor device fundamentals (CMOS, BJTs, MOSFETs, bandgaps, references, amplifiers, comparators).
• Experience with statistical process control, test data analysis, and yield improvement.
• Familiarity with Design‑for‑Test (DFT) concepts applied to analog IC testing.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with design, product engineering, firmware, and manufacturing teams.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, results‑driven attitude capable of advancing test development on tight schedules.

About Us

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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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