Senior DFT Engineer, Post-Silicon Validation (Equity)

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon to push DFT capabilities beyond basic implementation, linking silicon behavior, test data and product learning for robust, production-ready solutions.

The role spans silicon bring-up through production ramp, with data-driven analyses guiding recommendations and architectural influence. You will collaborate across design and test teams to align pre- and post-silicon activities, driving scalable validation flows and documentation.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of DFT concepts and silicon test.
• Ability to analyze complex datasets and use statistical approaches.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, debug, validation, production test, or engineering analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive post-silicon enablement of DFT capabilities from initial silicon bring-up through production ramp and lifecycle support.
• Develop data-driven approaches to analyze test results, quality indicators, yield behavior, and test efficiency; translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Influence DFT architecture and implementation by communicating post-silicon requirements with clear metrics/what-if analysis.
• Define and improve methodologies for silicon bring-up, failure analysis, test-content validation, and production deployment.
• Help productize new DFT capabilities by establishing scalable flows, validation criteria, debug procedures, and documentation.
• Contribute to modeling and analysis that supports test-time optimization, quality improvement, yield learning, test power.
• Partner across design, product development, and test teams to align pre-silicon trade-offs with post-silicon execution.

Skills

DFT concepts

Data analysis

Communication skills

Automated test environments

Education

BSEE or equivalent experience

MS in related field

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior DFT Engineer - Post-Silicon to push DFT capabilities beyond basic implementation, linking silicon behavior, test data and product learning for robust, production-ready solutions.

The role spans silicon bring-up through production ramp, with data-driven analyses guiding recommendations and architectural influence. You will collaborate across design and test teams to align pre- and post-silicon activities, driving scalable validation flows and documentation.