DFT Engineer

Job Title: Senior DFT Engineer
Location: UK (Oxford or Bristol)
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent position (Hybrid working)

Salary: £50,000- £75,000

Summary:
My client is looking for an experienced Senior Design for Test (DFT) Engineer with specialist expertise in digital ASIC/SoC development. The successful candidate will have a strong academic background and extensive knowledge of DFT in complex ASIC/SoC designs, including power management, memories, and Analog IP elements.

This is an SME organisation with a high volume of projects available across a long list of industry sectors, including Medical, Automotive & Telecommunications.

Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of DFT, BIST, and test-pattern generation for complex digital and mixed-signal ASIC designs.
• Offer consultancy on test-related issues to clients during pre-sales and implementation phases.
• Configure, run, and maintain EDA tool flows related to DFT, BIST, and test pattern generation.
• Collaborate with front-end and back-end teams to implement and verify DFT throughout the development process.
• Ensure customer fault-coverage expectations and requirements are met.
• Act as the primary contact between the company and any sub-contracted back-end service providers.
• Create test specification documentation for sub-contractors providing test services.
• Keep abreast of the latest ASIC Test methodologies and best practices to maintain up-to-date expertise and services.

Key Skills / Experience:

Essential:

• A 1st or 2.1 degree in Electronics, Physics, or a related field from a Tier 1 university.
• 5-10 years of industry experience with a proven track record in DFT across multiple successful ASIC projects.
• Strong skills in DFT implementation, including:
  • Architectural specification
  • Tool-based and manual implementation
  • IP integration, including CPUs, Analog Macros, and IO PHYs
  • BIST and memory repair integration
  • Coverage analysis and improvement
  • ATPG, manual, and semi-automatic TPG, including simulation-based methods
  • At-speed test methodologies
  • DFT for power-managed designs
  • Generation of STA and scenario/mode constraints
• Proficiency with a complete EDA vendor DFT tool suite (e.g., Siemens Tessent suite).
• Knowledge of STA tools (e.g., Synopsys Primetime, Cadence Tempus) is a plus.
• Experience with the complete SoC design flow and associated tools and methodologies.
• Experience with RTL and gate-level simulations and related debugging for DFT verification.
• VHDL/Verilog coding skills.
• Experience working with test service providers, including test hardware and program specification, bring-up, and debug.

Personality:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of interacting with senior management.
• Self-motivated with a strong customer service orientation and a 'can-do' attitude.
• Creative problem-solving abilities.
• Team player.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Position Specifics:

• Flexible role with some UK and international travel required.
• Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

To find out more about Computer Futures please visit www.computerfutures.com

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