Texas Instruments Inc.

Applications Engineer - Battery Gauge Products

Posted on: 14 Apr 2021

Dallas, TX

Job Description

About TI
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping about 100,000 customers transform the future, today. We're committed to building a better future - from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities and developing great minds. Put your talent to work with us - change the world, love your job!

About the job
Texas Instruments (TI) is out front and ready for the next big challenge. Our innovations are at the core of nearly every electronics product in use today. And it doesn't stop there. We're developing breakthrough technology to power the world's future innovations as well. TI is committed to building a better future -- from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities. Put your talent to work with us.

Our business has very high growth in TI and is in a segment where the market is fast growing. We're searching for applications engineer who have the passion and excitement to grow, innovative, take an active role in product definition, execute the characterization until ramp, and provide post ramp application support to customers.

This role is responsible for application support for battery management ICs. Key responsibilities include:
Answer customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products. This includes:
o Forum and email questions from customers
o Schematic and Layout Review of customer application
o Debug of customer problems by re-creating issues in our evaluation boards and/or customer boards
o 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 battery gas gauge 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

Familiarity with python for building FW simulation environments to reproduce customer issues.

Minimum requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field
3+ years of relevant experience

Preferred qualifications
Familiarity to high speed concepts
Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
Ability to take the initiative and drive for results

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

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If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.

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 protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

Texas Instruments Inc.

Dallas, TX

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Analog and Embedded Processing. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements in various levels using battery management solutions, portable components, power supply controls, point-of-load products, switches and interfaces, integrated protection devices, high-voltage products, and mobile lighting and display products. This segment also provides signal chain products that sense, condition, and measure signals to allow information to be transferred or converted for further processing and control for use in amplifier, data converter, interface product, motor drive, clock, and sensing product end-markets; and integrated analog and standard products, which are primarily for sale into personal electronics, industrial, and automotive markets.

The Embedded Processing segment offers connected microcontrollers, such as microcontrollers, microcontrollers with integrated wireless capabilities, and stand-alone wireless connectivity solutions that are used in electronic equipment to sense, connect, log, and transfer data; digital signal processors for mathematical computations; and applications processors for specific computing activity. This segment offers products for use in various markets, principally industrial and automotive.

The company also provides DLP products, primarily for use in projectors to create high-definition images; calculators; and application-specific integrated circuits. Texas Instruments Incorporated markets and sells its semiconductor products through direct sales and distributors, as well as online. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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