The Principal Test Engineer - Security and Provisioning
Core
Define, develop, validate, and deploy secure provisioning flows for semiconductor manufacturing on ATE, owning manufacturing execution of security lifecycle transitions and device identity provisioning.
Role type
Principal Test Engineer (Security and Provisioning)
Builds
Secure manufacturing execution flows for ATE, including eFuse/OTP programming, fuse readback, and device identity provisioning.
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing and test (ATE)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advantest 93K ATE test development, eFuse/OTP programming, security lifecycle transitions, fuse readback/verify, cross-functional execution with Design/DV/Security teams, production test integration, secure debug control, device identity provisioning, manufacturing guardrails, STIL/pattern generation, binning, datalogging
Preferred skills
Experience with SmarTest 7/8, DICE, attestation, Root-of-Trust, RSE, Caliptra, JTAG indirect access, margin validation, negative/error scenario validation
Technologies
Advantest 93K, SmarTest 7, SmarTest 8, eFuse, OTP, JTAG, DAP, APB, AXI
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end ATE provisioning strategy for secure manufacturing flows; Define and implement manufacturing-friendly fuse and provisioning flows; Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure deterministic and robust fuse maps and access controls; Validate provisioning sequences and security state-machine behavior with DV teams; Develop, simulate, validate, and debug Advantest 93K test methods and production flows; Define production controls and documentation to prevent programming errors and unauthorized debug enablement
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC