Applications Engineer, DCC CTS

Job Title

Applications Engineer, DCC CTS

Role Summary

Provide application support for TI clock and timing devices throughout product characterization, ramp and post-ramp production. Work with customers and internal teams to enable design-in, reproduce and debug issues, and deliver evaluation hardware and documentation to support customer adoption.

This role sits on the clock/timing applications team focused on evaluation, characterization, and customer support for released and new silicon.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Early Career — approximately 2 years of relevant experience (minimum requirement).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include direct customer support, evaluation hardware development, and testing.

• Respond to customer questions via forum, email and other channels; support design-in activities for released products.
• Perform schematic and PCB layout reviews of customer applications.
• Recreate and debug customer issues on evaluation boards and customer boards; provide on-site support when required.
• Design and release EVMs and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and product evaluation.
• Create user guides, test procedures, application notes and other technical documentation.
• Participate in datasheet reviews to ensure completeness from an application perspective.
• Perform bench characterization of clocking devices, including bench automation, hardware design and test technique development.
• Support new-silicon testing from an application viewpoint, including robustness and destructive testing.
• Work with systems engineers on early design-in support and develop custom reference designs for customer implementations.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for performing the role.

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in applications or product support.
• Experience supporting analog products in an applications role.
• Solid hardware and software debugging skills, including ability to reproduce customer issues in lab environments.
• Proven ability to produce clear, high-quality technical documentation (user guides, test procedures, application notes).
• Practical knowledge of PLLs and VCOs.

Nice-to-have:

• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to quickly learn new systems and collaborate across functions.
• Time management, initiative and a results-driven approach.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE or a related technical field is specified as required.

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.