ASIC DFT Engineer

Job Title

ASIC DFT Engineer

Role Summary

As an ASIC DFT Engineer on the Common Hardware Group (Silicon One development), you will define and implement design-for-test strategies, DFT IP, and validation flows across RTL, physical design, and post-silicon phases. The role integrates with front-end, verification, and backend teams to ensure testability, debug, and diagnostics for networking ASICs.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Requires at least 5 years of relevant DFT and silicon engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Implement DFT features to support ATE, in-system test, debug, and diagnostics.
• Develop DFT IP and integrate test logic into RTL and full-chip designs.
• Collaborate with RTL, design-verification, and physical design teams through implementation, signoff, and post-silicon validation.
• Participate in DFT and physical design for new device models (bare die and stacked die) and drive reusable test/debug strategies.
• Lead DFT and quality processes and perform debug with minimal mentorship.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Hands-on experience with JTAG, scan architectures, BIST (including memory BIST), and boundary scan.
• Experience with ATPG and EDA tools such as TestMax, Tetramax, Tessent tool sets, and PrimeTime.
• Gate-level simulation and debugging experience using VCS or similar simulators.
• Post-silicon validation and debug experience, including work with ATE patterns and P1687.
• Verilog design experience for custom DFT logic and IP integration; familiarity with functional verification.
• Test static timing analysis and test-timing validation skills.
• Verification skills including SystemVerilog logic equivalency checking.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with innovative or advanced DFT/test architectures and next-generation silicon test methodologies.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required. The posting also specifies at least 5 years of relevant experience in DFT/silicon engineering.

About the Company

Company: Cisco Systems

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, software, and services. It provides enterprise and service-provider networking, security, collaboration, and optical communications solutions (including Acacia Communications technologies for high-speed optical interconnects).