DFT Engineer, Nitro Team

Job Title

DFT Engineer, Nitro Team

Role Summary

Design-for-Testability (DFT) engineer on the Nitro semiconductor team (Annapurna Labs / AWS Utility Computing). Develop and integrate DFT strategies, generate test patterns, and support chip bring-up to ensure testability and reliability of cloud infrastructure SoCs.

Work closely with RTL, verification, and physical design teams to deliver testable silicon for AWS compute platforms.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires around 4+ years of semiconductor DFT engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Develop comprehensive DFT strategies for advanced semiconductor platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (RTL, verification, physical design) to integrate DFT features.
• Generate and optimize ATPG test patterns and manage scan insertion flows.
• Support chip bring-up, gate-level simulations, and lifecycle test processes.
• Contribute to architectural definition and logic design with testability in mind.
• Automate DFT flows and develop scripts to improve verification and test efficiency.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills:

• 4+ years of experience as a DFT engineer in a semiconductor company.
• Proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Experience with ATPG and scan insertion tools; gate-level simulation and static timing analysis.
• Strong scripting skills (Perl, Tcl).
• Familiarity with verification methodologies and working in collaborative, international engineering teams.
• Nice-to-have: experience with chip architectural definition and logic design for large-scale systems.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering is listed as a basic qualification.

About the Company

Company: Amazon Web Services

Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a comprehensive and evolving cloud computing platform that includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). AWS allows business and developers to use a wide range of cloud services for computing power, storage, and content delivery, among others, thus fostering innovation and enabling faster deployment of applications. AWS is designed to be scalable, flexible, and cost-effective across industries worldwide.