Staff Engineer - DFT

The role

The Staff Engineer will be responsible for scan insertion, boundary scan, MBIST, and ATPG for ultra-low power SoC. This role involves developing low-power DFT architecture and working with designers and test engineers.

What you will do

• Responsible for scan insertion, boundary scan, MBIST, ATPG for ultra-low power SoC based on subthreshold operation using standard EDA tools
• Develop and implement low-power DFT architecture and infrastructure
• Generate structural test vectors, analyse, and improve coverage, test time and test cost
• Perform pre/post-layout scan and MBIST simulations
• Work with designers on STA, physical, power and logical issues related to DFT
• Work with test engineers to bring up test vectors on silicon

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in ECE/EE
• At least 10 years of experience in DFT implementation
• Skilled in different types of DFT structures, including scan (Stuck-At, At-Speed, Path-Delay), scan compression, boundary scan and MBIST
• Experience in creating and implementing hierarchical DFT architecture in complex SoC
• Experience in Low-Power DFT and MBIST
• Experience in test time and test coverage analysis for scan and MBIST patterns
• Experience in working with test engineering team to bring up production test program
• Extensive knowledge of timing concepts and constraint development
• Experience in developing scan ATPG and MBIST test benches and simulation in pre/post-layout environments
• Experience in RTL is required
• Motivated, self-driven engineer with attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience in scripting like Tcl
• Experience with GLS (gate level simulation)

About the company

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere using 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.