Senior DFT Engineer for AI SoC | Onsite in Austin + Equity

Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-funded hardware startup is seeking an experienced DFT Engineer to innovate and own design-for-test methodologies for advanced digital and mixed-signal SoCs. This role collaborates to define and deploy robust DFT strategies for cutting-edge DSP chips, requiring strong expertise in related tools and concepts. The position is onsite in Austin, Texas, offering a competitive salary range of $170,000–$200,000 USD plus equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DFT specification, architecture, insertion, and analysis for complex silicon.
• Experience in silicon bring-up and debug/validation of DFT on ATE, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills; detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement SoC DFT architecture and ATPG/MBIST strategies.
• Insert, validate, and debug all DFT logic – scan chains, BIST, boundary-scan.
• Own silicon bring-up and ATE debug for new test features and DFT IP.

Skills

DFT Specification & Architecture

ATPG

MBIST

JTAG

Silicon Bring-up & Test (ATE)

DFT Compression

Logic BIST

EDA Test Tools (DFT Max, Tessent, Modus, SpyGlass, Design/Fusion Compiler, TestKompress)

IP Integration

ASIC Synthesis & Verification

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DFT Max

Tessent

Modus

Design/Fusion Compiler

SpyGlass

TestKompress

Job description

A well-funded hardware startup is seeking an experienced DFT Engineer to innovate and own design-for-test methodologies for advanced digital and mixed-signal SoCs. This role collaborates to define and deploy robust DFT strategies for cutting-edge DSP chips, requiring strong expertise in related tools and concepts. The position is onsite in Austin, Texas, offering a competitive salary range of $170,000–$200,000 USD plus equity.