Senior Test Engineer

Job Title

Senior Test Engineer

Role Summary

Own production continuity and test health for released products, drive rapid resolution of manufacturing and yield issues, and establish a proactive sustaining system. Work closely with test, design, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams to root-cause problems and implement corrective actions that sustain production gains.

Experience Level

Senior-level role. Typically requires 5+ years of relevant experience in ATE/production test and sustaining engineering.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on sustaining production stability, improving yield and test efficiency, and transferring sustaining learnings into development.

• Lead root-cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions for manufacturing, test, yield, and reliability issues.
• Develop and execute strategies to improve yield, reduce test time and cost, and increase test coverage.
• Work with factory teams to deploy and sustain solutions on the production floor.
• Identify trends and risks proactively; prioritize and escalate issues as needed.
• Improve sustaining processes (prioritization, escalation, closure, automation) and tracking metrics.
• Partner with Test, Product, Design, Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations to close complex cross-functional issues.
• Feed sustaining learnings back into new product development to strengthen future validation and test strategies.
• Establish ownership, accountability, and technical problem-solving capability within the sustaining team.

Requirements

Key technical and practical requirements. Items below are organized as must-have vs nice-to-have.

Must-have:

• 5+ years of relevant production test or sustaining engineering experience.
• Hands-on ATE and production test experience; experience on Teradyne Eagle or equivalent analog ATE (iFlex, LTX, VLCT) is required; Eagle experience is preferred.
• Experience developing characterization and production test programs and hardware.
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic devices, circuits, analog test techniques, and PCB design fundamentals.
• Structured problem-solving experience (8D, RCCA, or equivalent) and demonstrated track record of driving yield/cost improvements.
• Data analysis skills using Spotfire, dataPower or equivalent tools and familiarity with STDF-based workflows.
• Hands-on use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, sourcemeters, and loads.
• Solid understanding of the IC product development process from concept to volume production.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with mixed-signal test techniques and developing tests on roadmap testers.
• Experience offloading test program and hardware work to offshore manufacturing sites.
• Proficiency in programming/scripting (C++, Python) and use of revision control (Subversion, Git).
• Strong communication, collaboration, time-management, and stakeholder-influence skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering 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.