Senior DFT Engineer - RTL/MBIST & iJTAG

Nordic Semi; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with incentive plan

Flexible working hours

Medical insurance

Family-friendly policies and benefits

Job summary

Nordic Semiconductor in Bristol, UK seeks an experienced DFT Engineer to lead end-to-end design for testability, implement MBIST/EDT/OCC strategies, iJTAG techniques, and automatic pattern generation. You will analyze test coverage, run RTL and netlist simulations, and sign off on DFT documentation.

Strong English communication and teamwork are essential for this globally active organization. The role emphasizes independent work, collaboration with a world-class IC design team, and ongoing

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Electronics Engineering or similar.
• Extensive experience with EDA IC design and verification tools.
• Experience with Digital IC Design and Verification, DFT architecture and implementation, Memory BIST, iJTAG, EDT, OCC, Scan, ATPG and pattern simulations is preferred.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Perl, Tcl, Python or similar.
• Experience with Tessent tools, Confluence and JIRA.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work/communicate fluently in English.

Responsibilities

• Implement and utilize effective and efficient testing strategies.
• Implementing MBIST and validating it through extensive simulations
• Inserting and validating Embedded Deterministic Test (EDT) and On-Chip Clocking (OCC) methodologies
• Inserting and validating scan and iJTAG (Internal JTAG) techniques
• Generating automatic test patterns
• Analyze the test coverage of our designs, identify areas of improvement, and implement strategies to increase test coverage and the testability
• Performing pattern simulations at both the RTL and netlist level with and without timing backannotation
• Documentation and DFT sign-off activities

Skills

Digital IC Design

DFT

Scripting

Pattern simulations

Education

BSc/MSc in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Tessent

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Nordic Semiconductor in Bristol, UK seeks an experienced DFT Engineer to lead end-to-end design for testability, implement MBIST/EDT/OCC strategies, iJTAG techniques, and automatic pattern generation. You will analyze test coverage, run RTL and netlist simulations, and sign off on DFT documentation.

Strong English communication and teamwork are essential for this globally active organization. The role emphasizes independent work, collaboration with a world-class IC design team, and ongoing