Senior DFT Engineer for Photonics AI Data Center

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Med/DV

Retirement Savings Matching Program

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&

Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & N.

Paid Family Leave

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Commuter Benefits

Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Equity grants (applicable to full-time

Job summary

Lightmatter in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Design for Test Engineer to design, validate, and deploy test solutions for digital, analog, and photonic logic across our AI platform.

You will work with RTL and physical-design teams, develop DFT methodologies, and enable scalable automated flows while supporting silicon bring-up and validation. A strong background in ATPG/JTAG/Boundary Scan is valued, and the role offers a hybrid work model with equity benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• At least 5 years of industry experience on DFT-related activities for advanced ASIC designs.
• Experience with pre-silicon design activities and scripting (Python or TCL).
• Familiarity with DFT concepts such as Scan, ATPG, memory test, and JTAG.
• Knowledge of SoC architecture and HDL languages like Verilog.
• Experience with commercial EDA DFT tools on MBIST, ATPG, and Boundary Scan.

Responsibilities

• Create new chip, module, and system-level DFT solutions for the photonics-based AI platform.
• Develop and deploy DFT methodologies for next generation products.
• Provide architecture for integrated electronics/analog/digital test including ATPG and boundary scan.
• Collaborate with RTL designers to define front-end integration.
• Collaborate with physical-design engineers for backend integration.
• Create automated flow that can scale with the team and company.
• Support initial silicon bring-up through debugging.
• Validate DFT implementation and requirements.
• Proactively solve problems while managing deliverables in a fast-paced environment.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

TCL

Verilog

MBIST

ATPG

Boundary Scan

JTAG

Job description

Lightmatter in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Design for Test Engineer to design, validate, and deploy test solutions for digital, analog, and photonic logic across our AI platform.

You will work with RTL and physical-design teams, develop DFT methodologies, and enable scalable automated flows while supporting silicon bring-up and validation. A strong background in ATPG/JTAG/Boundary Scan is valued, and the role offers a hybrid work model with equity benefits.