DFT Design Engineer

Job Title

DFT Design Engineer

Role Summary

Design and implement Design-for-Test (DFT) solutions for complex integrated circuits, including SCAN, MBIST and BSCAN, to achieve high test coverage and efficient manufacturing test. Work with RTL design, verification, and physical implementation teams to integrate DFT into IP blocks and SoCs and support post-silicon and manufacturing debug.

Experience Level

Mid-level - requires around 4+ years of DFT experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include DFT implementation, verification, integration, and support for silicon bring-up and manufacturing.

• Develop RTL, structural code, and simulation for DFT features; provide DFT timing-closure support and deliver test content to manufacturing.
• Participate in architecture and microarchitecture definition for blocks, subsystems and SoCs under DFT scope.
• Integrate DFT into functional IP and SoC; ensure high-quality integration and support SoC customers.
• Optimize logic to meet test coverage, DPM, and test-time/vector-memory reduction targets while preserving physical implementation integrity.
• Review and drive verification of DFT designs; resolve failing RTL tests and implement corrective measures.
• Collaborate with post-silicon and manufacturing teams to verify DFT features on silicon, support debug, and document lessons learned.
• Experiment and validate DFT techniques for mixed-signal IP as required.

Requirements

Key technical must-haves for the role.

• At least 4 years of hands-on DFT experience.
• Strong experience with scan architecture, scan insertion, and ATPG execution.
• Experience defining and implementing scan procedures.
• Hands-on MBIST implementation and MBIST validation experience.
• Experience in RTL design, DFT integration, and DFT verification at IP and SoC level.
• Experience with mixed-signal IP DFT.

Education Requirements

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Altera

Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Altera provides leadership programmable solutions for applications ranging from cloud to edge, unveiling limitless AI possibilities. Their extensive product portfolio includes FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, and System on Modules aimed at accelerating innovation in various fields.