Validation/Characterization Engineer | BMS BGP

Texas Instruments; Bouchard (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments seeks a Validation Engineer to design, validate and optimize measurement processes for device performance. The role involves PCB design and creating automation software to improve test coverage and data collection efficiency.

The engineer will work in a post-silicon lab environment, developing methods, tooling, and procedures to ensure devices meet datasheet specifications and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience validating devices against datasheet specifications.
• Experience designing PCB boards.
• Experience developing automation software for measurements.
• Ability to work in post-silicon lab environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement measurement methods to verify device performance.
• Create PCB designs and associated tooling to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Develop automation software to accelerate data collection and analysis.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues in test rigs and lab equipment.

Skills

Validation engineering

PCB design

Automation software

Data analysis

Job description

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Validation engineers are said to have a 'break-the-part' mentality. This means they spend some of their time working to identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures. Sometimes, those are acceptable failures, but others we may need to mitigate for quality, safety, or other reasons. Plus, we want to ensure that our parts are consistently performing to the specifications that we set in our data sheet, and even to some more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM (validation/verification compliance matrix). To do this, they must design PCB boards and develop automation software that will increase coverage and reduce data collection time. Validation engineers will also design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance and troubleshooting any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. Validation engineers are often working in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run their measurements.