Product Engineer

Job Title

Product Engineer

Role Summary

Work on evaluation, characterization and production release of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for automotive and industrial markets. The role collaborates closely with design, test, manufacturing, quality, reliability and applications teams across new-product development and mature-product support.

Experience Level

Entry-level. Minimum 2 years of relevant experience is specified.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include design verification, bench validation, failure analysis support, and manufacturing support across product development and production.

• Develop and support analog amplifiers, temperature sensors, sensor analog front ends and application-specific signal-processing ICs.
• Design and build bench evaluation PCBs and create characterization programs for lab evaluations.
• Evaluate, debug and characterize ICs to verify product requirement and manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate with failure analysis to determine root causes of reliability and qualification failures.
• Work with process and package teams to develop and qualify technologies for new products.
• Support global manufacturing on product quality, yield management, cost reduction, and product spins/derivatives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Applications, Test, Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality and Reliability.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools and professional abilities.

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in IC evaluation, characterization or related engineering roles.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital circuit operation and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment (e.g., curve tracers, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, return-loss analyzers) for device debug and data collection.
• Experience bench-testing op-amps, ADCs, mixed-signal and digital circuits; experience with bench validation/characterization PCBs.
• Experience with integrated circuit/device failure analysis and debug.
• Programming skills for test automation (LabVIEW/TestStand) and experience with C or C++.
• Knowledge of statistics and tools to analyze large characterization data sets, set production test limits and predict yield.
• Effective verbal and written communication, time management and ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is specified. The posting also specifies a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. No certifications were listed.

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.