SoC DFT Engineer
About the role
SoC DFT Engineer in Apple’s Silicon Technologies group responsible for designing and implementing DFT solutions for next-generation high-performance, power-efficient processors and system-on-chips (SoCs). Collaborative, highly visible role involving end-to-end DFT architecture, infrastructure, verification, test vector generation, and debugging across DV, STA, physical, power, and test engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing DFT architecture
- Implementing DFT infrastructure
- Working with the DV team to verify DFT implementations and implement ECOs
- Generating structural test vectors and analyzing and improving coverage
- Working with designers on STA, physical, power and logical issues
- Working with test engineers to bring up test vectors on silicon
- Running schedules and supporting multi-functional engineering efforts
Qualifications
- BS with a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
- Knowledge about industrial standards and practices in DFT, including ATPG, JTAG, MBIST and trade-offs between test quality and test time
- Experience developing DFT specifications and driving DFT architecture and methods for designs
- Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL, and experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
- Knowledge of industry standards for DFT and design tools
- Proven Understanding of design verification (DV) methodologies for validating DFT implementation in simulation pre-silicon
- Experience in debugging Compressed ATPG patterns, MBIST, and JTAG/1500 related issues
- Experience with STA constraints development and analysis for DFT modes and SDF simulations
- Ability to conduct experiments during silicon debug, gathering and analyzing data; and use scripting to support efficient handling of ATE data
Skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Discounted products and free services
- Educational expense reimbursement including tuition
- Discretionary bonuses or commission potential
- Relocation assistance
- Employee stock programs (RSUs, stock purchase plan)
About Apple
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