Career Accelerator Program - Data Engineer - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing, building, and overseeing the deployment and operation of technology architecture, solutions, and software to capture, manage, store, and utilize structured and unstructured data from internal and external sources.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and oversee deployment and operation of technology architecture and software for data capture, management, storage, and utilization.
- Establish processes and structures to channel data from multiple inputs and store it using distributed (cloud) structures, local databases, and other storage forms.
- Develop technical tools and programming leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big-data techniques to cleanse, organize, transform, maintain, defend, and update data structures.
- Create and establish design standards and assurance processes for software, systems, and applications development to ensure compatibility and operability of data connections, flows, and storage.
- Review internal and external business and product requirements for data operations and activity and suggest changes and upgrades to systems and storage.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum cumulative GPA 3.0/4.0.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala.
- Solid understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.
- Coursework or project experience involving data structures, algorithms, and software design fundamentals.
- Exposure to distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark.
- Familiarity with streaming/event-driven architectures like Apache Kafka.
- Understanding of modern data lake/lakehouse concepts, including table formats like Apache Iceberg and object storage systems (e.g., MinIO, S3).
- Experience with SQL query engines for large-scale analytics (e.g., Trino/Presto).
- Internship, co-op, academic research, or personal project experience involving big data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, or cloud/on-prem data infrastructure.
Skills: data engineer, distributed structures, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big-data
This role has been open 28 days — well below the 61-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
681
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$217k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (681 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 681 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 30 | 6119 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 61 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: data engineer, distributed structures, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big-data
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 163 open roles · median 77 d
- NVIDIA · 137 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 54 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 69 d
- Broadcom · 21 open roles · median 50 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 111 d
How we counted: 681 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.