Senior DFT Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior DFT Engineer
Role Summary
Work on DFT architecture, verification, and post-silicon validation for complex semiconductor chips. Implement test access mechanisms, IO and memory BIST, scan compression, and deploy DFT methodologies across product teams.
Collaborate with RTL, timing, place-and-route, power, and silicon bring-up teams to ensure testability and quality trade-offs.
Experience Level
Senior — see Education Requirements for specific years-of-experience guidance (degree-dependent).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include owning DFT design tasks, delivering methodologies, and mentoring engineering teams.
- Design and implement test access mechanisms, IO BIST, memory BIST, and scan compression.
- Develop and deploy DFT methodologies for next-generation products.
- Work with cross-functional teams (RTL, clocks, STA, P&R, power) to make testability trade-offs.
- Support post-silicon validation and silicon bring-up activities, including ATE-related considerations.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers on test designs, trade-offs, cost, and quality.
Requirements
Key technical skills and experience required.
- Expertise in defining scan test plans, BIST for memories and IOs, fault modeling, ATPG, and fault simulation.
- Experience verifying and validating test patterns and logic on complex, multi-million-gate designs using vendor tools.
- Experience with silicon debug and bring-up on ATE, including pattern formats, failure processing, and test program development.
- Familiarity with RTL and clock design, static timing analysis, place-and-route, and power-aware trade-offs.
- Strong scripting/programming skills (Perl, Python, or Tcl).
- Excellent analytic, written, and oral communication skills.
Education Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with 8+ years, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with 5+ years, or PhD with 3+ years in DFT or related domains; or equivalent practical experience.
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.
