DFT Lead Engineer - ASIC Test & Yield Innovator

Broadcom, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Paid holidays, sick leave and vacation

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking a Principal DFT Engineer for its Austin, TX development center. The role involves leading DFT programs from specification to verification and production release, covering ASIC DFT architecture, test insertion, pattern generation, and post-silicon yield improvement.

The candidate should be proficient in Verilog, DFT tools (TetraMax, Fastscan, Mentor TestKompress), and scripting (Python/C++), collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure robust testability in 7nm and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of relevant industry experience in DFT or ASIC testing.

Responsibilities

• Understand Broadcom & customer DFT feature requirements and DPPM goals and define appropriate DFT specifications for the ASIC.
• Implement DFT, including Scan, MBIST, TAP, LBIST, IO, SerDes and other I/P DFT integration.
• Work closely with STA and DI Engineers for design closure for test.
• Generate, verify and debug Test vectors before tape release.
• Validate and debug Test vectors on ATE during silicon bring up.
• Assist with silicon failure analysis, diagnostics and yield improvement.
• Interface with customer, physical design and test engineering/manufacturing teams globally.
• Collaborate with I/P DFT engineers and other stakeholders.
• Debug customer returned parts on the ATE.
• Innovate newer DFT solutions to solve testability problems in 7nm & beyond.
• Automate DFT & Test Vector Generation flows.

Skills

DFT Architecture

Test insertion

Pattern generation

ATPG vector generation

Verilog coding

IO/SerDes DFT

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

12+ years of relevant industry experience

Tools

TetraMax

Fastscan

DFT Compiler

Mentor TestKompress

Job description

Broadcom is seeking a Principal DFT Engineer for its Austin, TX development center. The role involves leading DFT programs from specification to verification and production release, covering ASIC DFT architecture, test insertion, pattern generation, and post-silicon yield improvement.

The candidate should be proficient in Verilog, DFT tools (TetraMax, Fastscan, Mentor TestKompress), and scripting (Python/C++), collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure robust testability in 7nm and