Senior Engineer I Design

FHLB Des Moines; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Chennai invites applications for a DFT Engineer with 5+ years of VLSI experience to drive DFT activities across ASIC/SoC designs.

You will implement boundary scan, Memory BIST, and scan insertion with compression logic, perform ATPG, and assist in silicon bring-up and failure analysis with RTL/STA teams. Strong scripting skills and experience with industry tools are required. This role is on-site at our Chennai facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on Design For Testability for ASIC/SoC designs.
• Strong digital design fundamentals and timing concepts.
• Experience with Siemens, Cadence and Synopsys DFT tools.
• Scripting in Tcl, Perl, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Perform block-level and full-chip DFT activities for ASIC/SoC designs; boundary scan insertion and Memory BIST.
• ATPG for stuck-at, transition, and Iddq modes with timing-aware debugging.
• Collaborate with RTL and STA teams to ensure high-performance silicon bring-up and defect debugging.
• Support first silicon bring-up on ATE and analyze failing silicon.

Skills

DFT

Boundary scan

Memory BIST

ATPG

Gate-level simulations

Silicon bring-up

Failure analysis

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electronics / Electrical / VLSI

Tools

Siemens

Cadence

Synopsys

Job description

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Job Description: DFT Engineer

We are looking for a skilled and motivated DFT Engineer with 5+ years of experience in VLSI design. The candidate will be responsible for handling DFT activities (Boundary scan, Memory BIST and scan insertion, ATPG, gate-level simulations and Silicon Bring up and failure debug on ATE) across complex SoC/IP designs and will work closely with RTL and STA teams to ensure high-performance and power-efficient silicon implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform block-level and full-chip DFT activities for ASIC/SoC designs. Boundary scan insertion, Memory BIST insertions and Scan insertions with compression logic Understanding and fixing the DFT DRCs rules ATPG (stuck-at , transition and Iddq mode) Patterns verification with timing and debug DFT issues across RTL/Gate-level stages Collaborate with ATE teat to support first silicon bring-up , failure analysis

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or related field. 5+ years of hands-on experience in Design For Testability for ASIC/SoC designs. Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals and timing concepts. Experience with industry-standard DFT tools such as Siemens, Cadence and Synopsys Good knowledge on DFT DCR rules Familiarity with scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, or Python. Strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills.

Requirements/Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering.

Travel Time: No Travel

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