RTL Engineer (DFT Lead)

Job Title

RTL Engineer (DFT Lead)

Role Summary

Lead the test and SoC front-end integration activities within the MCU organization, ensuring designs meet functional, performance, power, security and manufacturability targets.

The role heads a SoC Front End (FE) team, coordinates with systems, IP, DV, backend, DFT and flow teams, and drives SoC releases through to RTM.

Experience Level

Senior — requires 5+ years of relevant experience in SoC or subsystem design and integration.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include leading SoC integration, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring delivered silicon meets quality and power targets.

• Lead a SoC Front End team to own SoC integration of a complex ARM-based SoC through RTM.
• Collaborate with systems, IP and DV teams to align on features, IP deliverables and schedules to meet product requirements.
• Engage with SoC system architects to ensure functional, performance, safety and security requirements are implemented correctly.
• Work with backend, DFT and flow teams to plan and execute SoC releases, including integration reviews and DV feedback.
• Drive LEC, LINT checks and CDC/RDC analysis to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Ensure correct implementation of power intent and perform Low-Power checks such as CLP.
• Act as primary SoC contact for IP teams and participate in integration and design verification reviews.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, behaviors and responsibilities for successful candidates.

• Proven experience integrating SoCs and subsystems.
• Ability to analyze and understand system-level use cases, safety and security requirements.
• Experience with SoC power analysis and power optimization.
• Strong knowledge of advanced low-power design techniques.
• Familiarity with constraints development for physical design implementation and static timing analysis.
• Understanding of SoC debug architectures; Design-for-Debug and Design-for-Test experience is highly desirable.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven focus on delivery, drive to close project goals, and experience mentoring and developing engineers.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics/ECE, Computer Science or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.