DFT MBIST Staff Engineer (Semiconductors)

Location: United States

Salary: $70–$80 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides contract staffing for semiconductor product development roles.

What you will do

• Perform MBIST insertion for complex SoC designs using Synopsys SMS.
• Integrate and verify MBIST at the top level across designs with multiple memory instances.
• Develop, execute, and debug RTL, no-delay gate-level, and timing-aware MBIST simulations using Synopsys VCS.
• Generate and validate MBIST patterns with Vecgen and debug integration, RTL, and simulation issues.
• Support silicon bring-up, characterization, post-silicon debug, and root-cause analysis of memory failures.
• Collaborate with DFT, RTL, Physical Design, and Product Engineering teams and document implementation flows and findings.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on DFT experience with significant MBIST focus.
• Strong experience with Synopsys MBIST SMS, preferably SMS5 and/or SMS6, and proficiency with Synopsys VCS.
• Deep understanding of MBIST insertion, top-level integration, verification, diagnostics, pattern generation, simulation, and debug.
• Knowledge of March algorithms, BIRA/BISR, redundancy analysis, and spare row and column allocation.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, post-silicon debug, complex SoC designs, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and standard DFT methodologies.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and perform cross-environment root-cause analysis.

Nice to have

• Advanced SoC DFT integration experience.
• Familiarity with ATPG and scan insertion flows.
• Scripting experience with Tcl, Perl, or Python for MBIST automation and debugging.
• Experience in fast-paced semiconductor product development.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract engagement in semiconductor product development.
• Independent, hands-on work with minimal supervision.
• Cross-functional collaboration across DFT, RTL, Physical Design, and Product Engineering.