Principal DFT Engineer

Job Title

Principal DFT Engineer

Role Summary

Join the MCU & MPU Engineering & Design Enablement (MMEDE) team to implement and verify design-for-test (DFT) infrastructure for next-generation automotive, edge processing, and radar-processing products. Work across subsystem and top-level designs to ensure testability, memory BIST, scan insertion, and pattern generation for manufacturing.

Experience Level

Senior level. The posting requests approximately 5+ years of DFT implementation and verification experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Implement and modify RTL to support DFT at subsystem and top levels.
• Insert MBIST logic for memories and verify MBIST functionality.
• Perform scan insertion, add TAP/IO/test pinmux per DFT flows, and resolve scan DRCs in RTL.
• Analyze ATPG reports and coverage; devise improvements and generate patterns for ATE.
• Execute power-aware RTL/GLS simulation bring-up and maintain regression suites for ATPG and non-ATPG flows.
• Support pattern bring-up on wafer probe and final test; collaborate with Product and Test teams to debug failures.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• 5+ years of experience in DFT implementation and verification of scan architectures, JTAG, memory BIST, and ATPG.
• Experience with scan insertion, ATPG DRC and coverage analysis, and generating test patterns for ATE.
• RTL experience (Verilog or VHDL) and familiarity with simulation debug including timing/SDF issues.
• Ability to diagnose simulation failures and root-cause DFT-related issues.
• Experience with power-aware simulation flows and regression management for ATPG and non-ATPG runs.

Nice-to-have:

• Prior involvement in wafer-probe and final-test pattern bring-up or close collaboration with test engineering teams.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: NXP Semiconductors

Headquarters: Nijmegen, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global semiconductor company that provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions. With over 45,000 employees and operations in more than 35 countries, NXP is a leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, catering to automotive, industrial IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. The company is committed to innovation and sustainability, advancing a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through technology.