DFT Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

We are looking for a skilled DFT Engineer to join our semiconductor design team and contribute to the development of high-quality, testable ASIC and SoC designs. In this role, you will work closely with Design, Verification, Physical Design, and ATPG teams to implement and validate Design-for-Test (DFT) architectures that ensure robust manufacturing test coverage and product quality.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with DFT methodologies, scan insertion, ATPG, and silicon bring-up, along with a strong understanding of digital design and semiconductor development flows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate DFT architectures for ASIC and SoC designs.
• Develop and integrate DFT features such as scan chains, boundary scan (JTAG), MBIST, LBIST, and test compression.
• Perform scan insertion, DFT rule checks (DRC), and ATPG pattern generation to achieve high fault coverage.
• Collaborate with RTL Design, Verification, Physical Design, and Test Engineering teams throughout the chip development lifecycle.
• Analyze and debug DFT-related issues during implementation, simulation, and silicon bring-up.
• Optimize test coverage, test time, and manufacturing test efficiency while meeting quality and cost objectives.
• Support timing closure and physical implementation for DFT logic.
• Develop and maintain DFT documentation, test plans, and implementation guidelines.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous improvements in DFT methodologies and flows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3.5+ years of experience in Design-for-Test (DFT) engineering.
• Strong understanding of DFT concepts including Scan, ATPG, MBIST, LBIST, JTAG, and test compression.
• Experience with industry-standard DFT and ATPG tools.
• Good knowledge of digital design, RTL, and semiconductor design flows.
• Familiarity with Verilog/SystemVerilog and simulation/debug methodologies.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ASIC or SoC development.
• Knowledge of synthesis, STA, and Physical Design flows.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as TCL, Perl, or Python.
• Experience supporting silicon validation and manufacturing test.
• Understanding of low-power design and DFT implementation.

Must-Have Skills

• Design for Test (DFT)
• Scan Insertion
• ATPG
• MBIST
• JTAG
• Verilog/SystemVerilog

Good-to-Have Skills

• LBIST
• Test Compression
• TCL
• Perl
• Python
• Static Timing Analysis (STA)
• Physical Design
• ASIC/SoC Development