Posted by on November 26, 1999 at 07:43:21:
Dallas, USA
Texas Instruments has always led the field in the development of the electronics that have transformed everyone's lives and are the world leader in Digital Signal Processing Solutions. DSPS, used heavily in wireless communication and hard-disk drives is a major technology fuelling growth in new applications such as internet appliances, TV set-top boxes and cameras.
To continue to innovate, Texas Instruments need engineers that are the best in their field and they offer an opportunity to play an active role in designing the future of electronics and in turn shape the way that people live in the future.
Responsibilities:
Applications support of advanced modules with external customers to meet their design requirements
As a Telecom Applications engineer, you will be responsible for support of TI's customer design centers and its customers in specifying and implementing customer specific modifications to modules, working with development to implement the changes, writing test benches for verification in the customer's system, and being the factory expert on given modules in all areas from functional usage to the ASIC physical limitations aspect
Individual will be responsible for integration and understanding PLL's, Digital clock recovery macros, high-speed I/O's, low jitter clock recover (LJCR) macros, and other telecom related macros
Skills required:
Ability to become experienced in ASIC design flow and development, verification and integration of complex functions through to customer systems with excellent management and communications skills
ASIC design related experience helpful
Telecom experience a plus
Experience with bench type test equipment for characterization of the telecom macros is a plus
Excellent communication and people skills to work with external customers
Individual will be required to travel in the U.S. as well as international
Knowledge of deep sub-micron ASIC development process with problems associated with 0.25 and 0.18 micron processes
Knowledge of pcb layout, and macro characterization processes to assure working silicon
Development of verilog language simulation skills