Design for Test Lead

Neurophos Inc

$150K — $180K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 to 15 years in DFT, with practical experience in scan, ATPG, and MBIST.
  • Architect-level experience on a large digital ASIC with full chip assessment and DFT strategy ownership.
  • Proven ability to develop and specify functional test vectors to enhance structural coverage.
  • Demonstrated track record through tapeout on complex compute ASICs.

Responsibilities

  • Own DFT architecture and test control design for multiple ASIC devices using various testing methodologies.
  • Architect on-die memory testing involving specification, pattern selection, and system test time analysis.
  • Collaborate with operations and PE teams to fully implement all test modes and product qualification functions.
  • Develop system-level wafer and package level DFT plans throughout the product development process.
  • Create integrated DFT development flow with critical metrics for quick analysis and updates for test coverage.
  • Conduct coverage assessments and signoffs, determining acceptable coverage gaps and justifying decisions.
  • Develop and specify analog test requirements for the analog team, including self-test and loopback approaches.

Benefits

  • 100% health plan premium coverage for employees and dependents, along with HSA contributions.
  • Unlimited PTO, emphasizing a results-oriented culture without strict vacation banks.
  • 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities to align company and employee success.
  • Comprehensive voluntary benefits including Dental, Vision, Life, and Critical Illness insurance.
  • Personalized benefits options, allowing employees to select plans that best fit their lives.
Full Job Description
Location: Austin, TX or Sunnyvale, CA. Full-time onsite position.

Reports To:

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Overview

We're hiring a DFT Architect to own design-for-test for our electronic IC. You'll set the DFT strategy for the full chip, own coverage assessment and signoff, and work with the RTL and physical design teams to build testability in from the start. This is our first dedicated DFT hire, so you'll define how test gets done here and grow the team that executes it, working directly with the analog team on their test requirements and owning the handoff into the post-silicon test program.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own DFT architecture and test control design for multiple ASIC devices using ATPG
    scan (stuck-at/at-speed), MBIST, and boundary scan / JTAG. Architecture to include
    MCM and external HBM memory module DFT capabilities as well.
  • Architect on-die memory test, including controller specification and generation, pattern
    selection, RAM grouping and system test time and power analysis.
  • Work with operations and PE teams to ensure all test modes are fully implemented,
    including HAST and other product qualification functions.
  • Architect system level wafer and package level DFT plans for all phases of the product
    development process.
  • Create and deploy integrated DFT development flow with critical metrics allowing quick
    analysis and updates to achieve near 100% test coverage.
  • Own coverage assessment and signoff, including where to accept a coverage gap and
    the reasoning behind it.
  • Develop and specify functional test vectors to augment structural coverage.
  • Specify analog test requirements to the analog team, including self-test and loopback
    approaches.
  • Build testability into RTL and implementation early, partnering with the RTL and physical
    design teams.
  • Own handoff to the post-silicon test program, working with operations and package
    teams on where system-level validation picks up.
  • Own delivery and deployment of production level test plan to OSAT


Qualifications
  • 8 to 15 years in DFT, with hands-on ownership of scan, ATPG, and MBIST.
  • Architect-level experience on a large digital ASIC: you've assessed a full chip, set the
    DFT strategy, and owned coverage signoff.
  • Experience developing and specifying functional test vectors to augment structural
    coverage.
  • Track record through tapeout on a complex compute ASIC.


Preferred Skills
  • Analog test specification experience: defining what it takes to test analog circuits and
    working that out directly with the analog team.
  • Cadence toolchain experience
  • Exposure to silicon photonics test or design-for-test for photonic components.
  • Experience using AI tooling in DFT flows.


What We Offer

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in an innovative startup redefining the future of AI hardware. Work on game-changing technology at the intersection of photonics and AI as part of a collaborative, brilliant team. You'll contribute to a platform that redefines computational performance and accelerates the future of artificial intelligence. Come help us bring this transformative technology to the world.

Benefits

Join a team that invests in your future and your well-being. At Neurophos, we offer:
  • 100% coverage of base health plan premiums for you and your dependents, plus HSA contributions.
  • Unlimited PTO. No rigid vacation banks, just a focus on delivery.
  • 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities to ensure our success is your success.
  • Full suite of voluntary benefits, including Dental, Vision, Life, Hospital, Critical Illness, and Accident insurance.
  • Personalized Benefits. Choose the plans that fit your life and take the cash back for those that don't.

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