Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon Production Expert

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

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon to extend DFT capabilities from bring-up to production across our latest chips. You will drive data-driven analyses of test results, quality indicators, and yield behavior to deliver actionable recommendations.

The role requires a strong background in DFT, silicon test, and post-silicon execution, with experience in silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and production test.

Qualifications

• BSEE (or equivalent) with 8+ years or MS with 6+ years in related field.
• Strong understanding of DFT concepts, silicon test, and post-silicon behavior.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and production test.

Responsibilities

• Drive post-silicon enablement of DFT from initial silicon bring-up through production ramp.
• Develop data-driven methods to analyze test results, yield behavior, and test efficiency.
• Influence DFT architecture by communicating post-silicon requirements with clear metrics and what-if analyses.
• Define methodologies for silicon bring-up, failure analysis, test-content validation, and production deployment.
• Productize new DFT capabilities by establishing scalable flows, validation criteria, debug procedures, and documentation.
• Partner across design, product development, and test teams to align pre-silicon trade-offs with post-silicon execution.

Skills

DFT concepts

Data analysis

Statistical approaches

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BSEE

MS in related field

Tools

Automated test environments

Test-program flows

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon to extend DFT capabilities from bring-up to production across our latest chips. You will drive data-driven analyses of test results, quality indicators, and yield behavior to deliver actionable recommendations.

The role requires a strong background in DFT, silicon test, and post-silicon execution, with experience in silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and production test.