Principal DFT Engineer (AI)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States or San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $180,000–$255,000 USD base salary per year

Company

hirify.global develops a full-stack generative AI platform powered by its SN40L chip for enterprise and government organizations.

What you will do

• Define and implement block-level and SoC-level DFT architecture for large hierarchical SoCs.
• Develop and maintain ATPG flows for stuck-at, at-speed, and advanced fault models.
• Build scripts and automation for DFT insertion, ATPG, coverage analysis, pattern generation, and debug.
• Develop and maintain JTAG, IEEE 1500, and IEEE 1687/IJTAG infrastructure for internal test and debug access.
• Generate production-quality ATPG and MBIST patterns and support deployment to ATE.
• Collaborate with STA and Physical Design teams on DFT timing closure, silicon diagnosis, failure localization, yield analysis, and manufacturing test optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Deep understanding of scan insertion, scan compression, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG, and hierarchical DFT.
• Hands-on experience with Siemens Tessent or equivalent industry-standard DFT tools.
• Strong understanding of advanced ATPG, silicon diagnosis, and failure localization methodologies.
• Experience with STA constraints and analysis for DFT modes, SDF simulations, Verilog/SystemVerilog simulators, and waveform debugging.

Nice to have

• Experience with cell-aware ATPG, small-delay defects, IEEE 1500, IEEE 1687/IJTAG, and low-power DFT.
• Experience with ATE pattern deployment and silicon bring-up.
• Experience with multi-die/chiplet DFT, known-good-die testing, or die-to-die interface testing.
• Experience with large compute, AI accelerator, or HPC SoCs.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time US employment with base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Medical insurance with 95% premium coverage for employees and 77% coverage for dependents.
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution, plus dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, and flexible spending account options.
• Well-being benefits including Headspace, Gympass+, One Medical, and employee counseling services.
• Equal opportunity employment.