Principal DFT Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Principal DFT Engineer
Role Summary
Lead DFT architecture, verification, and post-silicon validation for complex ASICs. Own test designs and collaborate across RTL, STA, P&R, power, and bring-up teams; provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.
Experience Level
Senior. See Education Requirements for formal years-of-experience guidance.
Responsibilities
Typical responsibilities include:
- Design and implement test access mechanisms, IO BIST, memory BIST, and scan compression.
- Develop and deploy DFT methodologies for next-generation products.
- Collaborate with RTL, clock design, STA, place-and-route, and power teams to balance testability, cost, and quality.
- Support silicon debug and bring-up on ATE; handle pattern formats, failure analysis, and test program development.
- Mentor and review work of junior test engineers; provide technical leadership on test strategy and trade-offs.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience:
- Expertise in defining scan test plans, BIST for memories and IOs, fault modeling, ATPG, and fault simulation.
- Proven ability to verify and validate test patterns and logic on multi-million-gate designs using vendor tools.
- Experience with silicon debug, ATE patterns and failure processing, and test program development.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with RTL, clock, STA, place-and-route, and power engineering.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical ability.
- Nice-to-have: programming or scripting skills in Perl, Python, or Tcl.
Education Requirements
BSEE (or equivalent practical experience) with 15+ years; MSEE with 13+ years; or PhD with equivalent experience. Degrees are expected in electrical engineering or a closely related technical field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
