DFT Intern

The role

This person will support low power DFT implementation and verification for SoC designs. They will assist with scan and MBIST implementation and work with industry standard DFT tools.

What you will do

• Support low power DFT implementation and verification for SoC designs
• Assist with scan insertion, scan chain verification for physical design modules
• Assist with MBIST insertion and verification for embedded memories
• Analyze DFT rule checking results and help resolve design and testability issues
• Support test coverage analysis and identify opportunities for coverage improvement
• Develop and maintain scripts to automate recurring tasks and improve engineering productivity
• Document methodologies, results, and key learnings
• Collaborate with RTL, DFT, DV, and physical design engineers to debug implementation, coverage, and timing issues

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Completed coursework in Digital logic design
• Completed coursework in VLSI design / ASIC design
• Completed coursework in CMOS circuits
• Familiarity with Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL
• Fundamental digital design concepts such as timing, clocking, reset, and pipelining
• Comfortable working in a Linux/UNIX environment
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills

Nice to have

• Computer architecture
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for Scan insertion or ATPG
• Experience with MBIST, memory repair, or embedded memory testing
• Experience with ASIC design, or synthesis
• Basic understanding of DFT concepts such as scan, ATPG, MBIST, fault coverage, and memory repair
• Exposure to industry standard EDA tools
• Scripting experience in Tcl, Python, or Shell for flow automation
• Familiarity with fault models such as stuck-at, transition, bridging, memory faults
• Understanding of low power design concepts such as multiple power domains, retention, or clock gating

About the company

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere by powering the AI edge revolution with low-power semiconductor solutions. Since 2010, they have shipped over 300 million units to customers building wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.