Staff Engineer, DFT (Semiconductor)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global develops ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for AI edge applications, wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and other intelligent connected devices.

What you will do

• Implement scan insertion, boundary scan, MBIST, and ATPG for ultra-low-power SoCs using standard EDA tools.
• Develop low-power DFT architecture and infrastructure, including hierarchical structures for complex SoCs.
• Generate structural test vectors and improve test coverage, test time, and test cost.
• Perform pre- and post-layout scan and MBIST simulations.
• Collaborate with designers on STA, physical, power, and logical issues related to DFT.
• Work with test engineers to bring up test vectors on silicon and support production test.

Requirements

• BS or MS in ECE or EE and at least 8 years of experience in DFT implementation.
• Experience with scan structures, including Stuck-At, At-Speed, and Path-Delay testing, scan compression, boundary scan, and MBIST.
• Experience creating and implementing hierarchical DFT architecture in complex SoCs.
• Experience with low-power DFT and MBIST, including test-time and test-coverage analysis for scan and MBIST patterns.
• Experience working with test engineering teams to bring up production test programs.
• Extensive knowledge of timing concepts and constraint development.
• Experience developing scan ATPG and MBIST test benches and running simulations in pre- and post-layout environments.
• RTL experience is required.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
• Self-driven approach, motivation, and attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Scripting experience, such as Tcl.
• Experience with GLS and gate-level simulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations.
• Work on complex semiconductor and energy-efficiency challenges for AI edge applications.
• Values include innovation, collaboration, focus, learning, and achievement.