DFT Engineer, Senior

Qualcomm•Toronto, ON

6d•CA$89,600 - CA$134,400

About The Position

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
Experience deploying agentic AI tools for optimizing semiconductor workflows.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the end-to-end DFT strategy (including Scan, Boundary Scan/JTAG, and Memory/Logic BIST).
RTL insertion & Verification.
ATPG using standard industry tools to ensure high-quality test patterns (Stuck-At, At-Speed, Path-Delay etc) for maximum test coverage, utilize scan compression & scan data streaming techniques to reduce test time.
Design & implement MBIST & LBIST architecture in RTL.
Collaborate with Physical design teams to resolve DFT related timing violations.
Gate Level Timing & Power Aware simulations.
Partner with Test Engineers to bringup initial Silicon.
Diagnose and resolve failing patterns & drive yield improvements.
Write and maintain scripts (Python, Tcl, or Perl) to automate the DFT insertion and verification flows