Validation/Char Eng Intern - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports the development and implementation of strategies to achieve profitability targets on assigned product lines through new product development, cost reduction, capacity expansion, and yield enhancement projects. This includes developing and implementing cost-effective analog test techniques and resolving customer quality and application issues.
What you'll do
- Support the development and implementation of strategies to achieve profitability targets on assigned product lines.
- Serve in the development and implementation of cost-effective analog test techniques.
- Resolve customer quality and application issues.
- Facilitate cross-functional teams for problem solving.
- Collaborate with Analog Design on design-for-test features and Applications team on validation.
- Tackle challenging problems in achieving analog performance testing on ATE multi-site hardware.
What you'll need
- Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related degree.
- Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher.
Nice to have
- Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- 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.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 28-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
542
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Median days open
28 d
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Median salary
$172k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (542 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 542 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 102 | 2216 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 28 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 72 open roles · median 27 d
- Renesas Electronics · 45 open roles · median 22 d
- Infineon Technologies · 41 open roles · median 37 d
- Micron Technology · 27 open roles · median 35 d
- Qualcomm · 27 open roles · median 27 d
- AMD · 25 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 542 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.