Senior DFT Engineer: End-to-End Silicon Debug (Remote)

Positron Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Remote-first culture with home office

Unlimited PTO

13 paid holidays

401(k) with company matching

Job summary

Positron AI is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer to own end-to-end DFT implementation for a next‑gen AI accelerator. You’ll define micro‑architecture, implement instrumentation, and drive integration with RTL and third‑party IP, from design through first silicon.

You will lead pre‑silicon verification, ATPG strategies, and collaboration with backend, physical design, and firmware teams. Strong RTL, Verilog, and scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of ASIC development experience with DFT on complex SoCs.
• Hands-on experience with DFT architectures, ATPG, and memory BIST.
• Strong RTL design skills using Verilog/SystemVerilog; scripting in Python/Tcl/Perl.

Responsibilities

• Micro-architect and implement DFT instrumentation, including scan, compression, ATPG, memory BIST, boundary scan, IJTAG, and observability features.
• Integrate DFT IP into RTL and evaluate third‑party IP; collaborate with backend teams.
• Work directly in RTL, synthesis, and DFT tool flows.
• Develop comprehensive DFT verification plans and validate functionality via simulation and gate‑level verification.
• Drive ATPG strategies and DFx coverage targets before tapeout.
• Partner with Physical Design to ensure successful physical realization of the DFT architecture; guide scan chain partitioning and test clock architecture.
• Collaborate across RTL, design verification, physical design, firmware, system software, and silicon validation.

Skills

DFT implementation

RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

Python scripting

Synthesis & gate‑level verification

ATPG/DFT tooling (Tessent)

Debugging RTL/netlist/silicon

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Siemens Tessent DFT solutions

Job description

Positron AI is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer to own end-to-end DFT implementation for a next‑gen AI accelerator. You’ll define micro‑architecture, implement instrumentation, and drive integration with RTL and third‑party IP, from design through first silicon.

You will lead pre‑silicon verification, ATPG strategies, and collaboration with backend, physical design, and firmware teams. Strong RTL, Verilog, and scripting skills are essential.