DFT Engineer for Next-Gen ASICs

Job Title

DFT Engineer for Next-Gen ASICs

Role Summary

Join a hardware engineering team focused on design-for-test (DFT) solutions for complex digital ASICs. The role develops and applies testability strategies, supports silicon bring-up, and works with RTL, verification, and CAD teams to improve test coverage and manufacturability.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Typical experience range: approximately 3–7 years of relevant DFT/ASIC design experience, depending on background.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include designing and validating DFT architectures and enabling robust production test flows.

• Design and implement DFT features (scan insertion, test compression, built-in self-test) for digital ASICs.
• Develop and integrate ATPG, fault simulation, and test coverage methodologies.
• Work with RTL and verification teams to ensure testability requirements are met.
• Create and maintain DFT scripts and automation (e.g., TCL/Python) for tool flows.
• Collaborate with physical design, CAD, and test engineering during synthesis, place & route, and sign-off.
• Analyze test failures, support debug and silicon bring-up activities.
• Produce test plans, documentation, and review DFT metrics with stakeholders.

Requirements

Technical skills and domain experience required or strongly preferred.

• Proven experience with DFT methodologies for complex digital ASIC designs.
• Hands-on experience with scan-based testing, ATPG, and fault simulation.
• Strong RTL understanding and ability to assess testability implications of design changes.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, TCL, or similar).
• Experience collaborating across verification, CAD, physical design, and test teams.
• Good problem-solving skills for failure analysis and silicon debug.
• Nice-to-have: familiarity with industry DFT tools and flows, test compression techniques, and silicon bring-up.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is expected; a Master's degree in a relevant field is preferred. (Source specifies degree-based experience tradeoffs.)

About the Company

Company: Draper

Headquarters: Cambridge, MA, United States

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With over 2,000 employees, Draper develops advanced technologies in defense, space, biomedical engineering, and other national-security and commercial domains through multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists.