Lead/Principal DFT Engineer

Define and lead the end-to-end DFT architecture for a large, multi-core AI accelerator SoC, taking ownership from early strategy through silicon bring-up and production. This role combines architectural leadership with hands-on execution, ensuring scalable, power-aware, and high-coverage test solutions while driving alignment across design, physical implementation, and test engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and define the DFT architecture for a large AI accelerator SoC (scan, compression, MBIST, LBIST, boundary scan)


• Set DFT strategy, methodology, flow and signoff criteria


• Drive integration of DFT tools and flows into the overall EDA environment


• Define hierarchical DFT approach for multi-core designs and large memory systems


• Define scan architecture, compression strategy, and ATPG approach


• Define memory test and repair strategy for large embedded RAM


• Establish power-aware and at-speed test strategies


• Work closely with RTL and physical design to ensure clean DFT integration and timing closure


• Work with test and product engineering teams to bring up and debug ATPG patterns on ATE, supporting production test and yield ramp


• Mentor and guide DFT engineers

Required Experience

• Strong experience in DFT for complex ASIC/SoC designs (typically 10+ years)


• Proven ownership of DFT architecture on at least one large tapeout


• Deep expertise in scan, compression, ATPG, and MBIST


• Experience with industry tools (Synopsys or Tessent)


• Strong understanding of clocking, resets, power domains, and physical constraints


• Experience with silicon bring-up, debug, and yield ramp

Profile

• Comfortable owning ambiguous, high-impact problems


• Balances architectural thinking with hands-on execution


• Sets direction while staying close to implementation details