
Senior DFT Engineer
NVIDIA
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $136,000 - $218,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and implement SCAN, MBIST, and JTAG debug structures, applying sophisticated DFT techniques to drive post-Si testing plans
- Drive the creation of ATPG and MBIST test vectors
- Build DFT timing constraints and partner with the Physical Design and STA sign-off team to ensure timing closure in DFT mode
- Work closely with the post-silicon team to bring up test patterns on silicon, ensuring flawless bringup
- Collaborate with the CAD methodology team to introduce innovative and intelligent AI driven optimizations, improving efficiency in DFT implementation
Requirements
- Bachelor's or M.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of industry experience in DFT for high-performance ASICs
- Practical experience with SCAN/MBIST/Test generation tools and processes for large SoC/ASIC
- Domain expertise in DFT techniques such as ATPG, test pattern translation, yield learning, scan compression, MBIST, IEEE 1500 standard, and LBIST
- Familiarity with ATPG Streaming SCAN Network (SSN) implementation
- Experience with UDFMs like Cell Aware and Small Delay Defect
- Consistent track record in yield estimation and test optimization
- Experience working with real silicon in the lab and debugging DFT test sequences on ATE to resolve silicon issues
- Solid understanding of RTL to GDS methodologies and formal equivalence
- Excellent coding skills in Tcl and Python
- Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills with a strong desire to work as part of a team with varied strengths.
Benefits
- equity
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Hard Skills & Tools
DFT techniquesATPGMBISTJTAGTclPythontest generationtiming closurescan compressionyield estimation
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillsteam collaboration