Senior Test Engineer
Sustaining Test Engineer at Texas Instruments in Bengaluru who owns production test health for released chips — resolving manufacturing, yield and test issues, driving yield/test-cost improvements, and feeding learnings into new product development. Core tech: Teradyne/ETS ATE platforms, analog/mixed-signal test, STDF data analysis, C++/Python.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- ATE experience on Teradyne Eagle or equivalent analog ATE (iFlex, LTX, VLCT)
- Characterization, production test program and hardware development experience
- Strong technical knowledge of electronic devices and circuits, and analog test techniques
- Data analysis skills using Spotfire, dataPower or equivalent tool based on STDF
- Experience with lab equipment such as scopes, power supplies, sourcemeters, loads
- Experience with yield improvement and test time reduction
- Strong understanding of the IC product development process from concept to volume production
- Hands-on experience with ETS800, ETS364 and ETS88 tester platforms (software and hardware)
- Structured problem solving background (8D, RCCA or equivalent)
Nice to have
- Mixed-signal test techniques and developing mixed-signal tests on TI roadmap testers
- Test program and hardware offload experience to TI offshore manufacturing sites
- Proficiency in programming/scripting in C++, Python
- Revision control tools experience: Subversion, Git
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across different functions
- Strong time management skills enabling on-time project delivery
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Ability to take initiative and drive for results
Full description
This role owns production continuity and test health for released products, driving rapid resolution of manufacturing and yield issues while building a proactive sustaining system, working closely with various AT sites & engineers across globes. The engineer leads root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional problem solving across design, quality, and operations teams. Sustaining learnings are systematically fed back to new product development to strengthen future product, validation, and test strategies.
What You Will Do
As Sustaining Lead, you will own production stability end-to-end - resolving critical manufacturing, test, yield, and reliability issues with urgency while eliminating recurring problems through rigorous root-cause and permanent corrective action. You will develop and execute strategies to continuously improve yield and reduce test cost across the product portfolio, working directly with factory teams to implement solutions and sustain gains on the production floor. You will identify trends and risks before they escalate, continuously improve the sustaining process (prioritization, escalation, closure, and automation), and drive measurable improvements in test coverage, test time, and overall product robustness. You will partner closely with Test, Product, Design, Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to close complex issues and build a structured feedback loop that transfers sustaining learnings into development to improve future designs and test strategies. You will establish clear ownership and accountability within the sustaining team and develop the team's technical problem-solving capabilities.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for an engineer with hands-on ATE and production test experience - including familiarity with ETS800, ETS364 & ETS88 tester platforms (software and hardware) - a strong background in structured problem solving (8D, RCCA, or equivalent), and a track record of driving yield and cost improvements in a high-volume manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate combines deep technical judgment, strong analog fundamental skills and pcb design experience with cross-functional knowledge - able to work across design, quality, factory, and operations teams, influence without direct authority, and build systems and processes that scale. Experience with sustaining metrics, data analysis, and proactive risk identification is essential;
Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- ATE experience on Teradyne Eagle or equivalent analog ATE (iFlex, LTX, VLCT), although Eagle experience is preferred and is a differentiator
- Characterization test program and hardware development experience, Production test program and hardware development experience