Senior Physical Design Engineer jobs at Texas Instruments in India, Bengaluru

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test device drivers for EVM boards to ensure optimal performance and compatibility.
• Optimize device drivers for low-level system programming, including interrupt handling, DMA, and memory management
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineering and system integration, to identify and resolve system-level issues
• Develop and maintain bootloaders, device drivers, and firmware for EVM boards
• Troubleshoot and debug issues with device drivers and firmware using tools such as JTAG, UART, and logic analyzers
• Participate in code reviews and ensure that all solutions are aligned with industry best practices and company standards
• Develop and maintain documentation for device drivers and firmware

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 1+ years of experience in embedded software development, with a focus on device drivers and low-level system programming Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, and Assembly
• Experience with embedded operating systems such as Linux, FreeRTOS, or VxWorks
• Familiarity with EVM boards and embedded vision systems
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, microcontrollers, and embedded systems
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Programming languages: C, C++, Assembly
• Embedded operating systems: Linux, FreeRTOS, VxWorks
• Device driver development: USB, UART, SPI, I2C
• Firmware development: Bootloaders, device drivers, firmware
• Debugging tools: JTAG, UART, logic analyzers
• Version control systems: Git

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with device driver development for various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Android
• Knowledge of computer vision and image processing algorithms
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and their applications in embedded systems
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and version control systems such as Git
• Certification in embedded systems, such as Embedded Systems Certification or Certified Embedded Systems Engineer

Responsibilities may include:

• Development work in support of a broad range of analog amplifiers, temperature sensors, sensor based analog front ends and application specific signal processing comprising of advanced Integrated Circuits that address Automotive and Industrial markets
• Collaborate and work in a team environment with Design, Applications, Test, Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality and Reliability in all aspects of new product development, production release to accomplish goals and objectives
• Design bench evaluation PCBs (printed circuit boards) and generating characterizations programs for bench evaluations
• Perform evaluation, debug and characterization of integrated circuits to ensure they meet the product requirement specifications and manufacturing requirements
• Work with failure analysis (FA) to determine root cause of any reliability and qualification failures
• Work with process and package technology development to develop and qualify technologies for new product development
• Work closely with the global manufacturing facilities to address customer specific product quality, yield management and cost reductions issues on mature products. Scope of work could include product spins and derivatives

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ year's of relevant experience
• Solid understanding of analog and digital circuits their operation and analysis

Preferred qualifications:

• Extensive hands on experience working with different lab equipment for taking data and / or performing device debug or failure analysis.
• Experience with bench validation and characterization PCBs
• Experience with integrated circuit and device failure analysis
• Familiarity with ATE tester platforms (Teradyne/ Eagle)
• Familiarity with JEDEC / AEC Qualification standards
• IC packaging knowledge on technologies like Flip Chip, Modules, etc is a plus
• Extensive knowledge of statistics and tools to analyze large amounts of characterization data and determine and set production test limits and predict yield data
• Have working knowledge of what is required to take a product from development stage to production
• Ability to work in a team setup comprising of other functional groups
• 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
• Strong problem solving, verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to multiplex between projects and be able to maintain project schedules

Responsibilities may include:

We design and develop differentiated integrated transceiver Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) addressing diverse wireline and wireless communication and/or sensing technologies for multiple applications. Our high performance Wireless transceiver products have been widely deployed by customers in 3G/4G/5G wireless base stations and aerospace & defense communication / radar systems. Our Wireline products have been deployed in cutting-edge data centre, AI, BigData and supercomputer applications demanding increasingly high throughputs. We have productized multiple generations of SoCs based on low-IF, zero-IF and RF sampling architectures. These products comprise high performance RF front-end, analog base-band, high speed converters, high speed digital front-ends, sophisticated hardware-software partitioned digital signal processing and signal conditioning algorithms, embedded micro-controllers and high speed interfaces.

Position:In this role, you will get to:

• Design and develop signal processing and/or AI/ML algorithms for Wireless & Wireline communication and/or sensing systems, covering: (i) Spec definition & documentation, (ii) Module/algorithm design & Hardware-Firmware partitioning, (iii) System modeling & analysis, (iv) Firmware architecture & coding, (v) Performance analysis & optimization, (vi) Floating point & fixed point design & optimization and (viii) Test/validation & debug on silicon.
• Contribute to the design and development of advanced analog + digital (mixed signal) SoCs and products, all the way from concept to volume production.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Communication engineering
• Experience 3+ Years (Signal Processing)
• Strong fundamentals in Signal Processing, Communications and Systems
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong programming skills with in-depth knowledge of Matlab, Python, C
• Good communication skills and ability to work in diverse teams
• Ability to work effectively and energetically in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Preferred qualifications:

• 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

At TI, System Engineers work to identify ideal roadmap opportunities for a business and are responsible for defining new products and platforms based on market opportunity. To do this, they leverage strong technical knowledge of our existing portfolio, deep understanding of the technologies, standards and protocols within an industry or end equipment, and an ability to engage with customers and translate their requirements into technical specifications that will solve their problems. Systems engineers also partner closely with marketing and applications engineers, as well as design teams, to ensure our roadmap is both meeting customer and market requirements and is technically optimized and manufacturable at a price and cost point that makes sense for the business.

4+ years of relevant experience

Strong understanding of analog/mixed-signal IC's and their applications

Strong communication skills, be able to explain complex ideas simply, but dive into the details as necessary

Understanding of key markets, mainly industrial (industrial automation, appliances, building automation, robotics)

Understand of key standards; RS-485/232, PowerBus, IO-Link

Ability to work in collaborate effectively with people in different functions across multiple sites (India and US)

Familiarity with lab equipment

Willing to travel to customer sites on a quarterly basis

Preferred qualifications:

Systems-level expertise to have a clear understanding of the various signal chain subsystems in a customer design

Expertise in industrial applications, related to relevant protocols

‘ownership mentality’ to drive results with initiative

System level design/architecting experience

Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery

Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes

As a MCAL engineer, you will be responsible for developing MCAL drivers, integrating the Autosar Stack in compliance to ISO26262.

Minimum Requirements:

• 2 years of relative experience
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field
• Strong Embedded firmware skills and experience
• Strong Assembly, C and C++ programming skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of software engineering processes and the full software development lifecycle
• 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

As a Software Engineer, you'll become a key contributor, where your skills and input make a big difference. In this role, you'll design embedded software and development tools that will be used to test products. You'll write code that tells chips how to operate in revolutionary new ways. And, you'll work closely with business partners and customers, as well as TI's marketing, systems and applications engineering teams, to collaborate and solve business problems.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of relative experience
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field
• Strong Embedded firmware skills and experience
• Strong Assembly, C and C++ programming skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of software engineering processes and the full software development lifecycle
• 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

This role is responsible for application support for high speed amplifiers. Key responsibilities include:

• Answer customer questions and supporting design-in activities for released products. This includes:
• 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

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, or related field
• 5 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

Preferred qualifications:

• 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