ASIC DFT Engineer

Job Title

ASIC DFT Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Common Hardware Group (CHG) within the Silicon One development organization as an ASIC Design-for-Test (DFT) Engineer. You will define and implement testability features, develop DFT IP, and collaborate with front-end RTL and back-end physical design teams to enable chip test, debug, and post-silicon validation.

Experience Level

Senior — requires at least 7 years of relevant ASIC/DFT/silicon engineering experience per the job posting.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include design, integration, and validation of DFT and test infrastructure across implementation and post-silicon phases.

• Define and implement DFT features to support ATE, in-system test, debug and diagnostics.
• Develop and integrate DFT IP in collaboration with RTL, verification, and physical design teams.
• Drive testability requirements early in the design cycle and coordinate full-chip integration of test logic.
• Support gate-level simulation, test timing validation, and physical-design signoff related to DFT.
• Lead post-silicon validation and debug, including ATE pattern use and validation of test flows.
• Troubleshoot and craft solutions with minimal mentorship.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and tools; preferred items listed separately.

Must-have:

• Practical experience with JTAG protocols, scan methodologies, and various BIST architectures (including memory BIST and boundary scan).
• Experience with ATPG and DFT/EDA toolsets such as TestMax, Tetramax, Tessent, and PrimeTime.
• Gate-level simulation and debug experience using simulators like VCS.
• Post-silicon validation and debug experience, including working with ATE patterns and IEEE P1687 (iJTAG).

Nice-to-have:

• Verilog/SystemVerilog experience for developing custom DFT logic and IP integration.
• DFT CAD development experience: test architecture, methodology and infrastructure.
• Test static timing analysis and system-level logic equivalency checking.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. (The posting specifies a Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering is required.)

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).