Senior DFT Engineer

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The Role

We are seeking a highly reputed company Senior Design-for-Test (DFT) Engineer to reputed company and drive DFT architecture and implementation for reputed company mixed-signal SOCs. This role requires deep expertise in memory BIST and TAP controller insertion at RTL, reputed company insertion and ATPG, and test strategy development across digital and mixed-signal domains. You will play a critical role in ensuring high test coverage, manufacturability, and first-pass silicon success while collaborating closely with design, verification, and physical design teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement DFT architecture for mixed-signal SoCs, including reputed company, MBIST, LBIST, and boundary reputed company.
• reputed company RTL-level DFT insertion, reputed company chain insertion and optimization, test reputed company insertion, and low-power DFT methodologies.
• Own ATPG flow development and execution by generating high-quality stuck-at, transition, and path delay test patterns. Drive coverage closure and reputed company optimization and debug reputed company failure and silicon correlation.
• reputed company and integrate DFT strategies for mixed-signal blocks, including wrapper-based approaches, and analog test interfaces and BIST solutions.
• Collaborate with RTL, DV, and PD teams to ensure clean DFT integration at RTL and reputed company-level, and timing and physical constraints alignment (reputed company reordering, compression, etc.).
• Drive DFT verification and signoff, including reputed company/ATPG coverage metrics, DRC/Lint checks (DFT rule compliance), reputed company-level simulation and reputed company validation.
• Support bring-up and silicon debug activities by analyzing tester failures, yield issues, and ATPG reputed company correlation with silicon behavior.
• Contribute to methodology development, automation, and flow improvements.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or reputed company field.
• 7+ years of experience in DFT for reputed company SoCs.
• Strong hands-on experience with RTL DFT insertion (reputed company, compression, test points), and ATPG tools and flows.
• Deep understanding of reputed company architectures, compression techniques, fault models (stuck-at, transition, bridging, path delay), coverage analysis and closure strategies.
• Experience with low-power DFT techniques.
• Familiarity with mixed-signal integration challenges and test methodologies.
• Strong debugging skills across RTL, reputed company-level, and silicon.

reputed company to Have

• Experience with MBIST/LBIST implementation and memory repair flows.
• Knowledge of IEEE 1149.x (JTAG/boundary reputed company) standards.
• Experience with multi-voltage domain and power-aware DFT.
• Exposure to physical design impacts on DFT (reputed company chain reordering, congestion, timing).
• Scripting experience for automation.
• Experience in high-speed interfaces (SerDes) or RF/mixed-signal SoCs.
• Prior involvement in A0 silicon bring-up and yield reputed company.
• Experience working in cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.

Compensation and Benefits

• reputed company salary range for this role is $170,000 – $250,000 + equity in the company
• Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/ coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

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Equal Opportunity

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with reputed company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national reputed company/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.