Principal DFT Engineer

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$232,000 - $368,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Design-for-Test Engineering at NVIDIA works on groundbreaking innovations involving crafting creative solutions for DFT architecture, verification and post-silicon validation on some of the industry's most complex semiconductor chips.

Requirements

BSEE (or equivalent experience) with 15+, MSEE with 13+ years of experience or PhD with equivalent exp
Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in defining scan test plans, BIST including memories and IOs, fault modeling, ATPG and fault simulation
Excellent analytical skills in verification and validation of test patterns and logic on complex and multi-million gate designs using vendor tools
Good exposure to cross functional areas including RTL & clocks design, STA, place-n-route and power, to ensure we are making the right trade-offs
Strong programming and scripting skills in Perl, Python or Tcl desired
Extraordinary written and oral communication skills with the curiosity to work on rare challenges

Responsibilities

Own and work with cross functional teams, implementing state-of-the-art designs in test access mechanisms, IO BIST, memory BIST and scan compression.
Develop and deploy DFT methodologies for our next generation products.
Mentor junior engineers on test designs and trade-offs including cost and quality.
Silicon debug and bring-up on the ATE with an understanding of pattern formats, failure processing, and test program development.