Senior ASIC DFT Engineer - Test & Automation

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems in San Jose seeks an ASIC Design for Test Engineer focused on Design-for-Test (DFT). You will work with frontend RTL and backend PD teams to drive DFT requirements early in the design cycle and implement hardware DFT features.

The role emphasizes automation scripting (Python/Tcl/Perl), experience with SystemVerilog, ATPG/EDA tools like TestMax and PrimeTime, and collaboration across design verification and physical design.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 0 years of work experience or Bachelor's with 2 years of work experience.
• ASIC Engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of JTAG, scan architectures, and BIST.

Responsibilities

• Implement the Hardware Design-for-Test (DFT) features that support ATE, in-system test, debug, and diagnostics needs of the designs.
• Create and enhance automation scripts to improve implementation robustness and efficiency.
• Work closely with the Design, Design Verification, and Physical Design teams to enable the integration and validation of the Test logic in all phases of the implementation and post silicon validation flows.
• Collaborate with team members to validate test timing and logic equivalency of designs using SystemVerilog.
• Utilize ATPG and EDA tools (TestMax,Tetramax,Tessent,PrimeTime) for test pattern generation and analysis.

Skills

DFT

SystemVerilog

Python scripting

VCS debugging

JTAG/scan

Education

Master's degree in ASIC Engineering or related

Bachelor's degree with 2 years of work experience

Tools

TestMax

Tetramax

Tessent

PrimeTime

Job description

Cisco Systems in San Jose seeks an ASIC Design for Test Engineer focused on Design-for-Test (DFT). You will work with frontend RTL and backend PD teams to drive DFT requirements early in the design cycle and implement hardware DFT features.

The role emphasizes automation scripting (Python/Tcl/Perl), experience with SystemVerilog, ATPG/EDA tools like TestMax and PrimeTime, and collaboration across design verification and physical design.