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Senior DFT Engineer

Job ID 2024-11960 Date posted Sep. 26, 2024 Location Austin, Texas Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Job Overview:

Arm’s CE-Systems DFT team implements DFT for test chips and hard macros to prove out Arm soft IP power, performance, area, and functionality within the context of an SoC using the latest DFT and process technologies.

Senior Engineer works closely with RTL, Verification, Physical Implementation, and Test engineering teams throughout the life cycle of a project, from an early investigation stage all the way through tape-out and silicon test/characterization on ATE.

Responsibilities:

  • Architect, implement, and validate innovative DFT techniques
  • Insert DFT logic into SoC style designs at the RTL level and at the Synthesis gate level, validate all features, and generate ATE targeted test patterns to be run on silicon.
  • Work closely with adjoining design teams on DFT RTL level insertion, back-end synthesis, place-and-route, and static-timing-analysis teams on DFT gate level insertion and timing closure, and Test and Debug teams on silicon characterization and validation.

Required Skills and Experience :

  • This role is for a DFT Engineer with 5+ years experience in DFT
  • Experience coding Verilog RTL, TCL and/or Perl
  • Proficient in Unix/Linux environments
  • Core DFT skills considered crucial for this position should include some of the following: Scan compression and insertion, Memory BIST implementation, JTAG/IJTAG, at-speed test, ATPG, fault simulation, back-annotated gate level verification.
  • Experience with Siemens, Cadence, and/or Synopsys DFT and simulation tools

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

  • Familiarity with IEEE 1149, 1500, 1687, 1838
  • Synthesis and STA
  • Familiarity with SoC style architectures including multi-clock domain and low power design practices.
  • Familiarity with Arm CPU's and GPU's is a plus.
  • Experience with 2.5D and 3D test
  • Good analytical and debug skills with a "figure it out" mentality
  • Communicate optimally across teams and sites in different geographies and time zones
  • Hard-working and excellent time management skills with an ability to multi-task

In Return:

At Arm, we are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary. 

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