DFX Design Architect

Location: Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia. Onsite role on Shift 1 (Malaysia).

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation FPGA and SoC semiconductor products.

What you will do

• Define and document DFX architectures for multi-die chiplet systems, high-speed transceivers, and large FPGA fabrics.
• Drive adoption of IEEE 1687 (IJTAG), IEEE 1838 (3D-IC), High-Speed Link Testing, and other advanced DFX features.
• Develop test-cost optimization strategies using test-data compression and adaptive testing to reduce test data volume and application time.
• Lead on-chip debug architecture, including logic analyzers, trace buffers, and scan-dump infrastructure.
• Collaborate with silicon architecture, physical design, manufacturing, and post-silicon system-debug teams to integrate DFT and DFD requirements into hardware specifications.
• Influence EDA vendor roadmaps and mentor senior and staff engineers at the Penang site.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10–12 years of hands-on DFT/DFD experience, including at least 4 years in an architecture or lead role.
• Deep expertise in hierarchical DFT, Logic/Memory BIST, scan compression, boundary scan, JTAG/iJTAG, and established DFT standards.
• Experience with ASIC and FPGA product life cycles, 2.5D/3D packaging, interposers, TSVs, silicon bring-up, and failure analysis.
• Expertise with Tessent, DesignCompiler/DFTMAX, or equivalent EDA suites, plus scripting in Tcl or Python.
• Experience designing DFX architectures for ASIL-D and other industrial functional-safety requirements.

Nice to have

• Understanding of FPGA-specific testing, including configuration RAM testing and programmable interconnect verification.

Culture & Benefits

• High-visibility technical leadership role with collaboration across global engineering and manufacturing sites.
• Opportunity to present technical roadmaps to executive leadership and global stakeholders.
• Regular employment position based at the Penang engineering site.