Applications Engineer

Texas Instruments•Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Texas Instruments (TI) is seeking a passionate and excited Applications Engineer to join their high-growth business segment. This role involves taking an active role in product definition, executing characterization until ramp, and providing post-ramp application support to customers. The position focuses on application support for high-speed amplifiers. Key responsibilities include answering customer questions, supporting design-in activities, reviewing schematics and layouts, debugging customer problems, and providing on-site support when necessary. The role also involves designing evaluation modules (EVMs), creating user guides and test procedures, participating in datasheet reviews, performing bench characterization, and supporting new silicon testing from an application perspective. Collaboration with systems engineers for early design-in activities and creating custom reference designs are also key aspects of this role.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field
2+ years of relevant experience
Experience in applications support of analog products
Solid hardware and software debugging skills
Strong technical background, with the ability to produce high quality technical documentation

Nice To Haves

Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes
Demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery

Responsibilities

Answer customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products.
Forum and email questions from customers
Schematic and Layout Review of customer application
Debug of customer problems by re-creating issues in our evaluation boards and/or customer boards
On-site support for customer board as required
Design EVM and internal evaluation boards to support correlation and evaluation activities of new products
Create user guides, test procedures and proper release of EVM boards for customer consumption
Participate in datasheet review to ensure completeness of datasheet being developed by the Systems Engineer
Perform Bench Characterization for High Speed Amplifiers devices, including bench automation, hardware design and develop test techniques
Participate in new silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure robustness of the product (i.e. destructive testing)
Work with systems engineer to provide support to early design in activities for new products
Create custom reference designs targeting relevant applications to be used as customer implementation ideas
Write application notes that explain different use cases, implementation and/or flexibility of our products