DFT Engineer – Tessent ASIC, Mentoring & Benefits

Raspberry Pi Foundation; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Employer pension contributions 8%

Life assurance of 4 base salary

Income protection 75% after 13 weeks

Private medical insurance

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Job summary

Raspberry Pi Foundation is seeking a DFT engineer to join our ASIC team to deliver next-generation silicon. You will create, implement, and verify DFT solutions across the full silicon flow, from specification to production, ensuring quality for volume shipping.

The role requires defining DFT strategies, experience with Tessent DFT tools, ATPG/MBIST, and mentoring colleagues while balancing coverage, cost, and time to market.

Qualifications

• Experience with IC development flows and DFT methods.
• Familiarity with Tessent DFT tool flow and IP test.
• Understanding of on-chip clocking and IP-level DFT concepts.
• Experience with ATPG, MBIST and simulation debug.
• Willingness to mentor and share knowledge with the team.

Responsibilities

• Define a DFT strategy at chip, subsystem and IP levels.
• Implement and verify DFT solutions across ASIC designs.
• Balance test coverage, cost, and time to market.
• Debug timing, power, and formal equivalence issues during sign-off.
• Collaborate with a small team and mentor others.

Skills

Tessent DFT tools

ATPG/MBIST

IC development flows

IJTAG familiarity

TCL scripting

IP-level DFT concepts

Education

Electronic engineering / Computer science degree

Tools

Tessent DFT tools

UPF issues

Job description

Raspberry Pi Foundation is seeking a DFT engineer to join our ASIC team to deliver next-generation silicon. You will create, implement, and verify DFT solutions across the full silicon flow, from specification to production, ensuring quality for volume shipping.

The role requires defining DFT strategies, experience with Tessent DFT tools, ATPG/MBIST, and mentoring colleagues while balancing coverage, cost, and time to market.