CareerPlan

CPU DFT Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$148k–$222k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and verify DFT and DFD architecture, implementation, and test plans for mixed signal and digital VLSI designs to ensure testability and debuggability.

Role type

Senior IC DFT Engineer (CPU/VLSI)

Builds

Testable and debuggable SoC designs for mobile and wireless chips

Domain

Semiconductor / VLSI / CPU Design

Required skills

Digital ASIC design, Verilog/VHDL, ASIC test, DFT, debug, Mentor Tessent tools, SOC level verification, TCL/Perl/Python/Shell scripting

Preferred skills

Commercial test generation tools, JTAG, ATPG, test pattern translation, yield learning, logic diagnosis, scan compression, IEEE 1500 Standard, MBIST, LBIST, test compression software

Technologies

Verilog, VHDL, Mentor Tessent, TCL, Perl, Python, Shell

Responsibilities

Create test vectors or oversee their creation, Validate DFT requirements are being met, Work with designers to increase test coverage, debug observability and flexibility, Verify post-PD designs meet DFT requirements, Work with test personnel to run tests

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC