Validation Engineer
Texas Instruments · Chandler, AZ · 4 wk ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job description.
Content:
- Opening: "Change the world. Love your job. Validation engineers are said to have a ';break-the-part'; mentality. This means they spend some of their time working to identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures. Sometimes, those are acceptable failures, but others we may need to mitigate for quality, safety, or other reasons. Plus, we want to ensure that our parts are consistently performing to the specifications that we set in our data sheet, and even to some more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM (validation/verification compliance matrix). To do this, they must design PCB boards and develop automation software that will increase coverage and reduce data collection time. Validation engineers will also design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance and troubleshooting any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. Validation engineers are often working in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run their measurements."
That's description of role/responsibilities.
Then "Qualifications Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering5+ years of experience Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated NI TestStand and LabVIEW (or Python) experience to acquire analog waveform dataExperience in developing custom validation infrastructuresAbility to analyze and visualize complex analog waveforms using Spotfire or similar visualization softwareAbility to develop and execute detailed validation plansAbility to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externallyStrong verbal and written communication skillsAbility to quickly ramp on new systems and processesDemonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functionsAbility to take the initiative and drive for resultsStrong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery"
Then "About Us Why TI? Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com . 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 race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition. About The Team TI does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based on citizenship, immigration status or national origin. However, if TI determines that information access or export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit you from working in this position without first obtaining an export license, TI expressly reserves the right not to seek such a license for you and either offer you a different position that does not require an export license or decline to move forward with your employment."
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we should remove the EEO paragraph, the "If you are interested..." line, the "About The Team" paragraph (maybe not boilerplate? It's about team but could be considered not essential? It's about citizenship etc. Might be considered boilerplate? It's about export control. Might be considered not essential but maybe we keep? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "About The Team" paragraph includes legal export control stuff; it's somewhat legal. Might be considered boilerplate. Safer to remove it.
Also remove "About Us Why TI?" maybe we keep as "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is company description; could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these sections.
We have:
- About the role: could be the introductory paragraph describing validation engineers role. That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: could be the list of duties: design PCB boards, develop automation software, design/develop/implement methods of measuring device performance, troubleshooting, working in post-silicon lab, etc.
- Requirements: Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, 5+ years of experience.
- Qualifications: Preferred qualifications list.
- Skills: maybe we can combine some of the preferred qualifications as skills? But we already have Qualifications section; maybe Skills separate for soft skills like communication, teamwork, etc. The preferred qualifications list includes many soft skills. Could split: Qualifications for technical, Skills for soft. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Qualifications and Skills? But we need to follow headings only if content exists. We could have Qualifications (including both technical and soft) and skip Skills. Or we could have Skills for soft skills and Qualifications for technical. Let's see.
The preferred qualifications list includes:
- Demonstrated NI TestStand and LabVIEW (or Python) experience to acquire analog waveform data
- Experience in developing custom validation infrastructures
- Ability to analyze and visualize complex analog waveforms using Spotfire or similar visualization software
- Ability to develop and execute detailed validation plans
- 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
These are a mix of technical and soft. Could treat them all as Qualifications. Then we might not need Skills section.
Benefits: The posting mentions "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life." Also "Please find our country-specific benefits here". That's vague but indicates benefits exist. However we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does state "competitive pay and benefits". That's somewhat generic but still states benefits. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay and benefits" is somewhat vague but still a statement. Might be acceptable to include Benefits section with that sentence.
Pay: The posting does not give specific pay numbers. It mentions competitive pay but not specific. Should we include Pay section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It states competitive pay (but not numbers). Is that enough? It states pay exists but not specific. Might be considered stating pay (competitive). However they said avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay" is not filler exactly but still vague. I'd lean to include Pay section with that sentence.
Schedule: No mention of schedule (full-time, etc). Not present, so omit Schedule.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job description.
Content:
- Opening: "Change the world. Love your job. Validation engineers are said to have a ';break-the-part'; mentality. This means they spend some of their time working to identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures. Sometimes, those are acceptable failures, but others we may need to mitigate for quality, safety, or other reasons. Plus, we want to ensure that our parts are consistently performing to the specifications that we set in our data sheet, and even to some more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM (validation/verification compliance matrix). To do this, they must design PCB boards and develop automation software that will increase coverage and reduce data collection time. Validation engineers will also design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance and troubleshooting any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. Validation engineers are often working in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run their measurements."
That's description of role/responsibilities.
Then "Qualifications Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering5+ years of experience Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated NI TestStand and LabVIEW (or Python) experience to acquire analog waveform dataExperience in developing custom validation infrastructuresAbility to analyze and visualize complex analog waveforms using Spotfire or similar visualization softwareAbility to develop and execute detailed validation plansAbility to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externallyStrong verbal and written communication skillsAbility to quickly ramp on new systems and processesDemonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functionsAbility to take the initiative and drive for resultsStrong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery"
Then "About Us Why TI? Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com . 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 race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition. About The Team TI does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based on citizenship, immigration status or national origin. However, if TI determines that information access or export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit you from working in this position without first obtaining an export license, TI expressly reserves the right not to seek such a license for you and either offer you a different position that does not require an export license or decline to move forward with your employment."
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we should remove the EEO paragraph, the "If you are interested..." line, the "About The Team" paragraph (maybe not boilerplate? It's about team but could be considered not essential? It's about citizenship etc. Might be considered boilerplate? It's about export control. Might be considered not essential but maybe we keep? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "About The Team" paragraph includes legal export control stuff; it's somewhat legal. Might be considered boilerplate. Safer to remove it.
Also remove "About Us Why TI?" maybe we keep as "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is company description; could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these sections.
We have:
- About the role: could be the introductory paragraph describing validation engineers role. That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: could be the list of duties: design PCB boards, develop automation software, design/develop/implement methods of measuring device performance, troubleshooting, working in post-silicon lab, etc.
- Requirements: Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, 5+ years of experience.
- Qualifications: Preferred qualifications list.
- Skills: maybe we can combine some of the preferred qualifications as skills? But we already have Qualifications section; maybe Skills separate for soft skills like communication, teamwork, etc. The preferred qualifications list includes many soft skills. Could split: Qualifications for technical, Skills for soft. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Qualifications and Skills? But we need to follow headings only if content exists. We could have Qualifications (including both technical and soft) and skip Skills. Or we could have Skills for soft skills and Qualifications for technical. Let's see.
The preferred qualifications list includes:
- Demonstrated NI TestStand and LabVIEW (or Python) experience to acquire analog waveform data
- Experience in developing custom validation infrastructures
- Ability to analyze and visualize complex analog waveforms using Spotfire or similar visualization software
- Ability to develop and execute detailed validation plans
- 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
These are a mix of technical and soft. Could treat them all as Qualifications. Then we might not need Skills section.
Benefits: The posting mentions "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life." Also "Please find our country-specific benefits here". That's vague but indicates benefits exist. However we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does state "competitive pay and benefits". That's somewhat generic but still states benefits. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay and benefits" is somewhat vague but still a statement. Might be acceptable to include Benefits section with that sentence.
Pay: The posting does not give specific pay numbers. It mentions competitive pay but not specific. Should we include Pay section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It states competitive pay (but not numbers). Is that enough? It states pay exists but not specific. Might be considered stating pay (competitive). However they said avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay" is not filler exactly but still vague. I'd lean to include Pay section with that sentence.
Schedule: No mention of schedule (full-time, etc). Not present, so omit Schedule.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove duplicated lines. Check for duplicates: The text repeats some phrases? Not obvious.
We need to format:
About the role
...
Then maybe Responsibilities
with - items.
Responsibilities list: from the description:
- Identify use-cases where device will stop working as intended and understand impact and cause of failures.
- Determine if failures are acceptable or need mitigation for quality, safety, or other reasons.
- Ensure parts consistently perform to specifications set in data sheet, and to more conservative limits or as defined in VVCM.
- Design PCB boards.
- Develop automation software to increase coverage and reduce data collection time.
- Design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance.
- Troubleshoot any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise.
- Work in post-silicon lab or on software programs required to run measurements.
We need to keep the exact phrasing? Preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the sentences as they appear, maybe split into bullet points but keep meaning. We can rephrase slightly but must not lose detail. Safer to keep the sentences as they are, maybe each as a
- with the sentence.
We need to extract from the paragraph:
"Validation engineers are said to have a ';break-the-part'; mentality. This means they spend some of their time working to identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures. Sometimes, those are acceptable failures, but others we may need to mitigate for quality, safety, or other reasons. Plus, we want to ensure that our parts are consistently performing to the specifications that we set in our data sheet, and even to some more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM (validation/verification compliance matrix). To do this, they must design PCB boards and develop automation software that will increase coverage and reduce data collection time. Validation engineers will also design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance and troubleshooting any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. Validation engineers are often working in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run their measurements."
We can break into responsibilities:
- Identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures.
- Determine whether failures are acceptable or need mitigation for quality, safety, or other reasons.
- Ensure parts consistently perform to specifications set in the data sheet, and to more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM.
- Design PCB boards.
- Develop automation software to increase coverage and reduce data collection time.
- Design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance.
- Troubleshoot any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise.
- Work in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run measurements.
That seems fine.
Now Requirements: Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, 5+ years of experience.
We can put as
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 5+ years of experience
Now Qualifications: Preferred qualifications list as above. We'll put each as - .
Now Benefits: "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life." Also "Please find our country-specific benefits here". The latter is a link instruction; maybe we can include as part of benefits: "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Please find our country-specific benefits here." That's substantive.
Pay: "We offer competitive pay". Could combine with benefits? But we need separate Pay section if we include. The posting says "competitive pay
- for lists,
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove duplicated lines. Check for duplicates: The text repeats some phrases? Not obvious. We need to format:
About the role
...
Then maybeResponsibilities
with- items. Responsibilities list: from the description: - Identify use-cases where device will stop working as intended and understand impact and cause of failures. - Determine if failures are acceptable or need mitigation for quality, safety, or other reasons. - Ensure parts consistently perform to specifications set in data sheet, and to more conservative limits or as defined in VVCM. - Design PCB boards. - Develop automation software to increase coverage and reduce data collection time. - Design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance. - Troubleshoot any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. - Work in post-silicon lab or on software programs required to run measurements. We need to keep the exact phrasing? Preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the sentences as they appear, maybe split into bullet points but keep meaning. We can rephrase slightly but must not lose detail. Safer to keep the sentences as they are, maybe each as a
- with the sentence.
We need to extract from the paragraph:
"Validation engineers are said to have a ';break-the-part'; mentality. This means they spend some of their time working to identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures. Sometimes, those are acceptable failures, but others we may need to mitigate for quality, safety, or other reasons. Plus, we want to ensure that our parts are consistently performing to the specifications that we set in our data sheet, and even to some more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM (validation/verification compliance matrix). To do this, they must design PCB boards and develop automation software that will increase coverage and reduce data collection time. Validation engineers will also design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance and troubleshooting any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise. Validation engineers are often working in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run their measurements."
We can break into responsibilities:
- Identify the use-cases in which the device will stop working as intended and understand the impact and cause of those failures.
- Determine whether failures are acceptable or need mitigation for quality, safety, or other reasons.
- Ensure parts consistently perform to specifications set in the data sheet, and to more conservative limits or as defined in the VVCM.
- Design PCB boards.
- Develop automation software to increase coverage and reduce data collection time.
- Design, develop, and implement necessary methods of measuring device performance.
- Troubleshoot any related systems, equipment or device issues that arise.
- Work in a post-silicon lab or on the software programs required to run measurements.
That seems fine.
Now Requirements: Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, 5+ years of experience.
We can put as
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 5+ years of experience Now Qualifications: Preferred qualifications list as above. We'll put each as
- . Now Benefits: "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life." Also "Please find our country-specific benefits here". The latter is a link instruction; maybe we can include as part of benefits: "We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Please find our country-specific benefits here." That's substantive. Pay: "We offer competitive pay". Could combine with benefits? But we need separate Pay section if we include. The posting says "competitive pay