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Principal Engineer , DFT

Hyderabad, in💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define and drive end-to-end DFT execution for advanced SoCs/MCUs, covering architecture definition, silicon bring-up, and production test deployment.

Role type

Principal DFT Engineer (IC)

Builds

Production-ready SoCs and MCUs for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets

Domain

Semiconductor Design & Test

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features (DFT architecture, test flow, silicon bring-up)

Required skills

DFT architecture & test planning, DFT RTL design & integration, Scan insertion & ATPG, MBIST, LBIST, JTAG/IJTAG, GLS & signoff, silicon bring-up & debug, automation scripting (Python/TCL/Perl/Shell), technical leadership

Preferred skills

Experience with Tessent, Genus/Fusion Compiler, VCS/Xcelium, Conformal/Formality

Technologies

Tessent, Genus, Fusion Compiler, VCS, Xcelium, Conformal, Formality, Python, TCL, Perl, Shell

Responsibilities

Define SoC-level DFT architecture and test strategy, own complete DFT flow from RTL to signoff, drive silicon bring-up and yield improvement, develop scalable DFT methodologies and automation frameworks, provide technical leadership and mentor engineers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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