Career Accelerator Program - Applications Engineer - Hardware

Texas Instruments•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Change the world. Love your job. 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 TI 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. Hardware Applications Engineers with career interests in: Hardware System Design , PCB Design , Signal Integrity , Power Integrity, Etc. Work in an exciting team and develop skills designing TI Evaluation and Reference PCB boards: Technical requirements and HW system design Schematic, PCB stack-up, and layout design Analog, Digital, and High-speed circuit design Power Distribution Network (PDN) design Signal Integrity and Power Integrity simulations Parts selection, Bill-of-Materials (BOM) Board bring-up and design validation Product launch and continual process improvement Applications Engineers at Texas Instruments (TI) are a highly-motivated, synergistic group with great team spirit and a strong commitment to the customer. In this role, you will promote TI products and provide technical solutions to customers that will ultimately go into consumer products like smartphones, PC peripherals, personal medical devices, electric cars, e-bikes and much more. You'll also provide technical support and engage with customers to help define new products and opportunities for future product development. Our applications engineers engage with customers virtually and in person to help solve their toughest technical challenges. Understand customer's needs, develop end equipment expertise, help define our products and be part of what's next! You will work on an applications team in one of TI's product lines to gain a deep understanding of specific products within the business unit - how to position them, typical problems/barriers, how to test/debug and how to solve customer problems at a system level. These experiences are hands-on, technical problem-solving focused with the goal of helping you to create compelling solutions and win business for TI. As an Applications Engineer, you will also get exposure to other roles such as: Product Marketing, Systems & Digital Marketing through formal learning, projects and on-the-job development experiences that will help you broaden your knowledge and accelerate your growth and success at TI. Put your talent to work with us as an Applications Engineer!

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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)
Experience with lab equipment, like oscilloscopes, along with soldering and debugging skills
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
Technical skills, tools, and interest areas Transmission line theory, semiconductor device physics, signal and power integrity Stack-up, design rules, impedance control, Power Distribution Network (PDN) Crosstalk, eye diagrams, return paths, TDR impedance, supply noise, S-parameters I/O SPICE models, IBIS models, IBIS-AMI models, Thermal models Synopsys HSPICE, Cadence Spectre, Viva, SystemSI and TopXp, Siemens Hyperlynx ANSYS SiWave and SiWave-PSI, Cadence OrCad and Allegro, Altium CAD High-Speed Interfaces: DDR, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, eMMC, OSPI, etc. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)