CareerPlan

ASIC DFT STA Engineer

San Jose, California, USFull-time$168k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

ASIC DFT STA Engineer responsible for timing constraint development, verification, and closure across implementation and post-silicon phases for next-generation networking chips.

Role type

Senior IC ASIC DFT STA Engineer

Builds

High-performance networking ASICs (Switching, Routing, Wireless)

Domain

Semiconductor / Networking Hardware

Required skills

Timing constraint development and verification, RTL design, CDC/RDC, SDC development, Scripting (Perl/TCL/Python/Makefile), DFT modes (scan shift/capture, BIST), STA tools (Synopsys TCM/Primetime), Synthesis tools (Fusion/design Compiler), Tessent DFT insertion

Preferred skills

PCIE timing constraints debugging, TSMC memory timing constraints, DFT mode timing closure, SDC debugging, Synopsys Fusion/design Compiler, Tessent DFT insertion

Technologies

Synopsys TCM, Synopsys Primetime, Synopsys Fusion, design Compiler, Tessent, Perl, TCL, Python, Makefile

Responsibilities

Develop and verify timing constraints (clock groups, exclusivity), lead DFT and quality process through implementation and post-silicon validation, debug timing constraints for DFT modes, collaborate on physical design signoff activities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC