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Principal DFT Engineer

Austin, TX💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$180,000🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and implement DFT architecture, verification, and silicon bring-up for high-performance AI/ML RDU chips.

Role type

Principal Design for Test (DFT) Engineer

Builds

High-performance RDU chips for machine learning and artificial intelligence

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design, AI accelerators, SoC testing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

DFT architecture, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG, IEEE 1500, IEEE 1687/IJTAG, scan insertion, scan compression, hierarchical DFT, silicon diagnosis, failure localization, STA constraints for DFT, Verilog/System-Verilog simulation

Preferred skills

Siemens Tessent tool flow, cell-aware ATPG, low-power DFT, ATE pattern deployment, multi-die/chiplet DFT, known-good-die test, large compute SoC experience

Technologies

Siemens Tessent, Verilog, System-Verilog, IEEE 1500, IEEE 1687

Responsibilities

Define and implement block-level and SoC-level DFT architecture; Develop and maintain ATPG flows for stuck-at, at-speed, and advanced fault models; Develop automation for DFT insertion, ATPG, coverage analysis, and pattern generation; Maintain JTAG and IEEE 1500/1687 infrastructure; Generate production-quality ATPG and MBIST patterns; Collaborate with STA and Physical Design teams on timing closure; Support silicon diagnosis, failure localization, and yield analysis.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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