Test Engineer, Career Accelerator Program

About the Career Accelerator Program

In your first year with TI, you will participate in the Career Accelerator Program (CAP), which provides professional and technical training and resources to accelerate your ramp into Texas Instruments and set you up for long-term career success. Within this program, we also offer function-specific technical training and on-the-job learning opportunities that will encourage you to solve problems through a variety of hands-on, meaningful experiences from your very first day on the job.

The Role of a Test Engineer

Experience how the latest innovative technologies are developed, built and optimized as a product, test or validation engineer. Work with Texas Instruments teams, customers and external partners around the world to design, build, qualify and support our industry-leading analog and embedded processing products. As a Test Engineer, you play a vital role in assuring the quality and performance of Texas Instruments' innovative IC products.

From test software and hardware development, product debugging and test optimization – you help ensure our products are consistently competitive and leading in the market. In each of these roles you'll dive deeper into manufacturing, quality, design verification or validation engineering.

In this Test Engineer role, you'll support the development and implementation of strategies that achieve profitability targets on assigned Texas Instruments product lines through new product development, cost reduction, capacity expansion and yield enhancement projects. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for all operational aspects related to your assigned product portfolio, resolve customer quality and application issues, and facilitates cross-functional teams for problem solving. You'll also take a leadership role to establish relationships with key contacts in Texas Instruments wafer fabrication and assembly manufacturing sites to ensure strong communication and effective problem solving.

Key Engineering Concepts

Product Engineering Concepts

• Data analysis knowledge
• Manufacturing systems knowledge
• Product qualification and reliability tests and their implications
• Device failure verification

Test Engineering Concepts

• Knowledge of basic test concepts
• Using automated test equipment (tester, tester h/w and s/w interaction)
• Hardware design and software development
• Verifying capability & releasing to manufacturing
• Bench setup – verification/characterization

Validation Engineering Concepts

• Validation Concepts knowledge
• Using Bench Setups
• Hardware design & software development
• Device debug

As a Product, Test or Validation Engineer, you will also get exposure to each of these roles through formal learning, projects and on-the-job development experiences that will help you broaden your knowledge and accelerate your growth and success at Texas Instruments.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field
• Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic understanding of schematics, layouts and digital components
• Knowledge and understanding of analog circuitry (examples include: op-amps, DC/DC power, data converters, sensing, etc.)
• Programming skills in C/C++ (LabView recommended)
• 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

About Texas Instruments

Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics. We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make Texas Instruments stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Key skills/competency

• Semiconductor Test
• Analog Circuitry
• Digital Components
• Automated Test Equipment
• C/C++ Programming
• Product Debugging
• Data Analysis
• Manufacturing Systems
• Product Qualification
• Problem Solving