Senior DFT Technical Manager - Pre-Silicon & Customer Leader

MediaTek Research Lab Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Parental leave

Job summary

MediaTek Research Lab Inc. seeks an experienced Senior DFT Technical Manager to lead DFT design and implementation for advanced SoC products. You will bridge customers and MediaTek engineering teams, steering DFT planning, design-in, implementation, and tape-out readiness through silicon bring‑up and production ramp.

The role requires deep DFT expertise, hands-on experience with industry EDA tools, and strong English communication to drive technical closure across global teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor DFT design, DFT implementation, silicon validation, or customer-facing technical support.

Responsibilities

• Lead DFT architecture, planning, implementation review, and tape-out readiness for advanced SoC designs.
• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers on DFT design, scan architecture, ATPG, MBIST/LBIST, test coverage, DFT verification, silicon bring-up, diagnosis, and production issues.
• Guide customers and internal teams on DFT methodology, implementation flow, coverage closure, pattern generation, DFT signoff, and debug strategy.
• Review and drive quality of pre-silicon DFT deliverables, including scan insertion, test compression, MBIST/LBIST integration, boundary scan, ATPG patterns, coverage reports, DFT rule checks, and simulation results.
• Lead customer technical discussions, design reviews, DFT implementation reviews, issue triage meetings, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action planning.

Skills

DFT design

pre-silicon DFT

ATPG

MBIST/LBIST

test coverage analysis

DFT verification

silicon bring-up

ATE correlation

cross-functional leadership

Tools

Synopsys TestMAX/TetraMAX/DFT Compiler

Siemens Tessent

Job description

MediaTek Research Lab Inc. seeks an experienced Senior DFT Technical Manager to lead DFT design and implementation for advanced SoC products. You will bridge customers and MediaTek engineering teams, steering DFT planning, design-in, implementation, and tape-out readiness through silicon bring‑up and production ramp.

The role requires deep DFT expertise, hands-on experience with industry EDA tools, and strong English communication to drive technical closure across global teams.