Applications Engineer (JN-64001161) - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 5 May 2026 by the employer.
Support the integration of Mixed Signal Audio devices across hardware, firmware, and silicon.
About the role
This position is part of the Applications Engineering team focused on bringing Mixed Signal Audio devices to market. You will support customer integration across hardware, firmware, and silicon throughout the full product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Provide direct engineering support for customers and field personnel, leading design-in activities including system bring-up, debugging, and production issue resolution. - Lead root-cause analysis of complex system-level customer issues across hardware, firmware, and silicon. - Develop demonstration platforms, reference designs, application notes, white papers, demo-board, and reference-design manuals using PCB schematic tools. - Develop firmware, RTL modules, and advanced Python code to demonstrate product capabilities and support customer use cases. - Execute customer-application focused data collection and circuit analysis while collaborating with IC Design, Systems, and Validation engineers. - Travel approximately 2 weeks per year domestically and abroad to support customer bring-up and onsite debugging.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. - Aptitude in interface standards including I2C, SPI, USB, UART, and I2S. - Experience in component selection, schematic entry, and knowledge of PCB layout design. - Proficiency in programming or scripting languages including Verilog, C, Python, or MATLAB, alongside version control systems such as Git. - Hands-on experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, signal generators, audio analyzers, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
Nice to have
- Mixed-signal hardware and audio-related backgrounds.
Skills: customer support, design-in activities, system bring-up, reference designs, firmware, lab equipment