Sr Staff Engineer- DFT

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited invites an experienced ASIC/DFT engineer to join the Engineering Group, Hardware Engineering. You will collaborate with design teams to ensure DFT coverage, generate ATPG patterns for SAF/TDF, and verify MBIST with Mentor ETVerify and timing simulations.

You will also assist post-silicon debug and bring‑up on ATE. Minimum qualifications include a 5+ year track record in hardware engineering and deep knowledge of DFT/ATPG concepts, pattern simulation, and memory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering with 5+ years of hardware engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s or PhD is advantageous for advanced roles; experience levels vary by qualification.
• Strong understanding of DFT/ATPG/BIST concepts and silicon debugging.

Responsibilities

• Interface with design team to ensure DFT design rules and coverages are met.
• Generate high quality manufacturing ATPG patterns for SAF and TDF models.
• Perform MBIST verification and repair, including timing corner simulations.
• Support post-silicon debug and issue resolution with Product/Test teams.
• Develop, enhance and maintain scripts for test automation.

Skills

DFT concepts

ATPG

MBIST

Pattern generation

Silicon debug

Scripting (Perl, shell)

Memory verification

Yield analysis

Communication in international teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

5+ years hardware engineering or related work experience

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

ATPG – TestKompress

MBIST – Mentor ETVerify

Simulation – VCS

ModelSim

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

• Interface with design team to ensure DFT design rules and coverages are met.
• Generating high quality manufacturing ATPG test patterns for stuck‑at (SAF) and transition fault (TDF) models through the use of on‑chip test compression techniques.
• MBIST verification (including repair), test pattern generation through Mentor tool.
• ATPG (SAF, TDF) and MBIST verification using unit delay and min/max timing corner simulations.
• Work with the Product/Test engineering teams on the delivery of manufacturing test patterns for ATE.
• Responsible for supporting post‑silicon debug effort, issue resolution.
• Responsible for Diagnostic Tool generation for ATPG, MBIST and bring‑up on ATE.
• Developing, enhancing and maintaining scripts as necessary.
• Minimum of 6‑8 years’ experience in ASIC/DFT – simulation and silicon validation.
• Detailed knowledge on DFT concepts, pattern simulation, silicon debug and yield enhancement.
• In‑depth knowledge and hands‑on experience in ATPG – coverage analysis.
• In‑depth knowledge of memory verification, repair and failure root‑cause analysis.
• Experience with any of these tools is required:
  • ATPG – TestKompress
  • MBIST – Mentor ETVerify
  • Simulation – VCS (preferred), ModelSim.
• Expertise in scripting languages such as Perl, shell, etc. is an added advantage.
• Ability to work in an international team, dynamic environment with good communication skills.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new tools, methodologies.
• Ability to do multi‑tasking & work on several high‑priority designs in parallel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of hardware engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of hardware engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 3+ years of hardware engineering or related work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in DFT/ATPG/BIST.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Contact

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