Senior Principal Engineer-DFT (ASIC/DFT)

Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States

Expected base pay: $182,360–$273,200 per annum

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor solutions and advanced ASICs for enterprise, cloud, AI infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, and optical networking.

What you will do

• Architect, lead, and implement DFT and test methodologies for complex mixed-signal SoCs across multiple generations.
• Define DFT/DFX architectures and implement SCAN, MBIST, IP-DFT, STA, validation, pattern generation, and related features.
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and debug for designs and IPs in custom and compute domains.
• Mentor and guide a full team of DFT engineers across multiple designs.
• Define and enhance DFT methodologies and tools, including benchmarking and new approaches.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 15+ years of related professional experience; or a Master’s degree and/or PhD with 13+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience across DFT execution stages, including SCAN, MBIST, validation, STA, IP-DFX, post-silicon bring-up, and debug.
• Thorough knowledge of DFT and test architecture solutions, including participation in the architecture definition of at least two designs.
• Strong fundamentals in digital circuit design and logic design.
• Experience with DFT flows and methodologies and Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys toolsets, including Genus, Modus, NCSim, DC, Tessent, Spyglass, and Tmax.

Nice to have

• Prior ASIC design experience.
• Scripting skills with Python, Perl, Tcl, and C-Shell.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within a global, multi-site engineering organization.
• Eligible for bonus and equity plans, including a new-hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Benefits include an employee stock purchase plan, family support programs, mental health resources, and recognition awards.
• Applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled technology and software under U.S. export control laws; candidates may be subject to an export license review before employment.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the selection process.

Hiring process

• AI tools, transcription apps, real-time answer generators, and automated note-taking bots are prohibited during interviews; unauthorized use results in disqualification.