Originally posted 28 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This position is focused on the development, characterization, and optimization of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices within Texas Instruments' Advanced Technology Development (ATD) team. The role supports developing and scaling GaN power process technologies for high-volume manufacturing in collaboration with fab/manufacturing, business units, and Kilby Labs.
What you'll do
- Perform GaN device simulations (TCAD), device design, and layout. - Develop robust process flows, drive design-of-experiment (DOE) execution, and solve complex integration challenges. - Collaborate with fab/manufacturing engineers to ensure device manufacturability. - Collaborate with reliability engineers to meet device reliability requirements. - Conduct failure root-cause investigations for device, process, reliability, and yield improvement.
What you'll need
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics, or related degree. - Research experience in GaN or compound semiconductor device/process development. - Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0. - Understanding of Power FETs, semiconductor device physics, and GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) process flows. - Hands-on experience with electrical and materials characterization methodologies and statistical data analysis.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with GaN-on-Si technology for power switching applications. - Experience with fab tools and process modules/Integration. - Knowledge of device physics, reliability mechanisms, and packaging interaction.
Skills: GaN, HEMT, TCAD, process integration, wide bandgap
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 49-day median for Compound Semiconductor Engineering roles.
Compound Semiconductor Engineering · Compound Semiconductor
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Open roles in category
72
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$120k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (72 roles · 25 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 72 |
| Median days open | 47 d | 49 d (−2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $120k |
Skills observed across this category: GaN, HEMT, TCAD, process integration, wide bandgap
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 49 d
- MACOM · 8 open roles · median 1 d
- Coherent Corp · 7 open roles · median 127 d
- Lumentum · 6 open roles · median 114 d
- Texas Instruments (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 47 d
- STMicroelectronics · 4 open roles · median 74 d
How we counted: 72 open Compound Semiconductor Engineering (Compound Semiconductor) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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. Figures refresh nightly.