Lead Test Engineer, Switching Regulator

Job Title

Lead Test Engineer, Switching Regulator

Role Summary

This role leads test and characterization efforts for mid-voltage switching regulator (Mid-Vin Buck) products. The engineer works closely with design, validation, systems, and production teams to develop and implement ATE test programs and hardware, debug silicon, and enable volume production.

Primary mission: define and execute test strategy, develop test programs and hardware, characterize and qualify silicon, support failure analysis and yield improvement, and drive robust, cost-effective production test solutions.

Experience Level

Mid-level (5+ years relevant experience; 8+ years preferred)

Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities for this position include:

• Create test plans and develop characterization and production test programs and ATE hardware (including ATE interface boards).
• Debug and characterize silicon on ATE and correlate ATE results with bench measurements.
• Analyze silicon results, support failure analysis, and perform device-level debugging and design validation.
• Perform statistical analysis of yield fallout, drive yield improvements, and optimize test time.
• Define and implement test strategy for new DC-DC converter products and qual hardware development.
• Work with production teams to release products to volume production and support test offload to manufacturing sites.
• Drive cost-effective, robust test solutions while maintaining product quality.

Requirements

Key requirements and preferred skills.

• Must-have: 5+ years relevant experience; hands-on ATE experience (Teradyne Eagle preferred) or equivalent analog ATE (iFlex, LTX, VLCT).
• Characterization and production test program and hardware development experience.
• Strong knowledge of electronic devices, analog circuits, and analog test techniques.
• Data analysis skills using Spotfire, dataPower, or equivalent STDF-based tools.
• Experience with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, sourcemeters, electronic loads, etc.
• Experience with yield improvement, test time reduction, and the IC product development process from concept to volume production.
• Nice-to-have: Mixed-signal test techniques and power-product test development; experience offloading test programs to offshore manufacturing; programming/scripting (C++, Python, C#); revision control tool experience.
• Strong analytical, communication, teamwork, and time-management skills; ability to work in a fast-paced environment and drive results.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required (Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree). No alternative-equivalent-degree language specified.

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.