BLDC Motor Drive Application Engineer

Texas Instruments•Dallas, TX

17d

About The Position

Texas Instruments is seeking an applications engineer to support a high-growth business in a fast-growing market. The role involves application support for high-speed amplifiers, supporting released products and new product development from characterization through ramp and providing post-ramp customer support. The engineer will work with customers and internal teams on design-in activities, evaluation and debugging, product robustness, reference designs, and technical documentation.

Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or a related field.
2–3 years of relevant experience.
Experience in applications support of analog products.
Solid hardware and software debugging skills.
Strong technical background and ability to produce high-quality technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Answer customer questions and support design-in activities for released products through forums and email.
Review customer application schematics and layouts.
Debug customer problems by recreating issues on evaluation boards and/or customer boards.
Provide on-site support for customer boards as required.
Design EVMs and internal evaluation boards for correlation and evaluation activities of new products.
Create user guides and test procedures, and coordinate proper release of EVM boards for customer use.
Participate in datasheet reviews to ensure completeness of datasheets being developed by the Systems Engineer.
Perform bench characterization of high-speed amplifier devices, including bench automation, hardware design, and development of test techniques.
Participate in new-silicon testing from an application perspective to ensure product robustness, including destructive testing.
Work with the Systems Engineer to support early design-in activities for new products.
Create custom reference designs for relevant applications as customer implementation ideas.
Write application notes explaining product use cases, implementation, and flexibility.