Validation Engineer

Texas Instruments; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Validation Engineer to ensure PCB designs and measurement systems meet datasheet specs and VVCM requirements. You will design test boards, develop automation software, and execute validation plans across post-silicon labs.

The role focuses on increasing coverage, reducing data collection time, and troubleshooting measurement systems, with collaboration across hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• Experience validating hardware in a lab environment.
• Familiarity with PCB design and test automation.
• Ability to troubleshoot measurement systems and data collection.

Responsibilities

• Design PCB boards and develop automation software to increase coverage.
• Execute validation plans to ensure devices meet datasheet specs and VVCM.
• Troubleshoot measurement systems and optimize data collection workflows.

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.