Post-Silicon DFT Engineer - Yield, Production & Equity

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon in California to drive post-silicon enablement of DFT capabilities from silicon bring-up through production ramp. You will develop data-driven approaches to analyze test results, quality indicators, and yield behavior, translating findings into actionable recommendations.

Lead architecture discussions, define reusable bring-up methodologies, and help productize DFT capabilities with scalable flows and robust validation.

Qualifications

• BSEE (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years or MS with 6 years of experience in related field.
• Solid understanding of DFT concepts, silicon test, and the relationship between design implementation, test content, and post-silicon behavior.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, debug, validation, production test, or engineering analysis of semiconductor devices.
• Ability to analyze complex datasets and use statistical or analytical approaches to identify trends, isolate issues, and support engineering decisions.
• Familiarity with automated test environments and test-program flows.
• Understanding of semiconductor fundamentals, including device behavior, process variation, and the impact of operating conditions on silicon results.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with an ability to collaborate effectively across technical disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Drive post-silicon enablement of DFT capabilities from initial silicon bring-up through production ramp and lifecycle support.
• Develop data-driven approaches to analyze test results, quality indicators, yield behavior, and test efficiency; translate findings into practical technical recommendations.
• Influence DFT architecture and implementation by communicating post-silicon requirements early with clear metrics/what-if analysis.
• Define and improve methodologies for silicon bring-up, failure analysis, test-content validation, and production deployment.
• Help productize new DFT capabilities by establishing scalable flows, validation criteria, debug procedures, and documentation.
• Contribute to modeling and analysis that supports test-time optimization, quality improvement, yield learning, test power.
• Partner across design, product development, and test teams to align pre-silicon trade-offs with post-silicon execution.

Skills

DFT concepts

Silicon bring-up

Data analysis

Automation dashboards

Statistical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BSEE or equivalent

MS in related field

Tools

MBIST

ATPG

EDA tools

Test automation tools

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon in California to drive post-silicon enablement of DFT capabilities from silicon bring-up through production ramp. You will develop data-driven approaches to analyze test results, quality indicators, and yield behavior, translating findings into actionable recommendations.

Lead architecture discussions, define reusable bring-up methodologies, and help productize DFT capabilities with scalable flows and robust validation.