Staff Silicon Design Engineer (DFT)

AMD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Singapore seeks a DFT engineer to lead a strong engineering team on Scan, MBIST, and iJTAG test development for latest AMD products. You will work with designers, test engineers, and yield teams to implement robust DFT patterns and ensure stable production tests from silicon to system level.

The role requires strong DFT knowledge, leadership, and the ability to communicate complex topics across cross-functional teams. Experience with Tessent SSN, ATPG, and scripting is a plus.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering.
• Experience in DFT engineering through pre- and post silicon cycles.
• Strong knowledge of MBIST, ATPG, and test patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead DFT development for Scan, MBIST, iJTAG across ASIC/FPGA.
• Collaborate with design, test, yield teams on robust test patterns.
• Ensure DFT structures are implemented and production tests run stable.
• Develop firmware-driven test strategies with bench/ATE.
• Support post-silicon debug and yield enhancement.

Skills

DFT engineering

Leadership

Communication

Verilog

RTL design

Scripting languages

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

Tools

Tessent SSN

ATPG

Scan Compression

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Perl

Tcl

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

THE ROLE:

DFT engineer will lead strong engineering team on Scan, MBIST, iJTAG test development of latest AMD products. The IPs range from complex processors, AI computation blocks, to state‑of‑the‑art controller IPs which provide automotive, data center, machine learning and high‑speed communication solutions. You will work closely with designers to make sure DFT structures are correctly implemented, with test engineers to make sure ATE test programs can be generated from the DFT (ATPG, MBIST) tools, with product engineers to make sure scan/MBIST production test can run seamlessly and stable, and with yield engineers to debug and root‑cause failures/defects. You will get the opportunity to expand technical knowledge beyond DFT into embedded processor firmware, complex chip simulation, RTL implementation for ASIC & FPGA and deep silicon debug works all the way to high‑volume production requirement. This is the role to oversee complete silicon cycle from design to production phases.

THE PERSON:

We are looking for candidates that can communicate complex engineering subjects effectively to cross functioning technical teams and upper management. Strong DFT and leadership skills will be put to good use. Successful Member of Technical Staff DFT engineer will interact with many external teams and must confidently represent his/her organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The role is in AMD global quality and operation organization driving best manufacturing test solution through pre and post silicon activities
• Work closely with design teams and make sure DFT structures are correctly implemented.
• Responsible for developing, implementing and verifying DFT schemes on hard-IPs in AMD ASIC and FPGA products.
• Responsible for developing and implementing techniques to test digital logic, using Scan Compression, Stuck‑at, Transition and Path‑Delay fault models
• Responsible for testing other parts of the design, including memory, mixed‑signal, I/Os, custom LBISTs & MBISTs, IEEE1149.1 JTAG and IEEE1687 IJTAG
• Responsible to develop Firmware driven cost‑effective test strategies/methodologies with built‑in diagnosis capability to enable efficient debugging and fault isolation on bench/ATE
• Collaborate closely with the New Product Introduction and Test/Product teams to ensure timely delivery of robust test patterns, and manage debugging of pattern issues on bench/ATE to root cause the problem
• Assist in Diagnosis and Yield enhancement through product lifecycle
• Develop an adaptive and cohesive team to take up any challenging tasks entrusted by management

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience DFT engineering experience through DFT pre and post silicon cycles
• Experience in creating and implementing complex chip‑level DFT architecture
• Experience in DFT implementation including Scan and Scan Compression at IP and SoC level
• Experience with DFT tools, ATPG (Stuck‑At, At‑Speed, Path‑Delay) and scan compression.
• Strong MBIST knowledge
• Knowledge of Tessent Streaming Scan Network SSN and hand‑on experience is a big plus
• Proficient in logic design using Verilog and experience in synthesis and STA
• Experience in developing test benches and simulation in RTL/GATE/SDF environments
• Knowledge of FPGA synthesis and design flow is a plus
• Experience with post‑silicon debug and bench equipment (e.g., oscilloscope and logic analyser)
• Good communication skills, works well in a group environment that spans across continents
• Comfortable in Linux environment and writing/using scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl, etc

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• MS or Ph.D. in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

LOCATION:

Singapore

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