Senior Staff Engineer II – DFT
Website Alphawave Semi
Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow’s future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world – from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.
What you’ll do:
- Be a senior member of Alphawave central DFT methodology group responsible for developing flows across all company departments and projects
- Architect methodologies and flows for an integrated, RTL-centric “shift left” DFT environment across company IPs, chiplets and SoC designs.
- Develop automated verification test bench and sequence creation for DFT IP. Architecting end-2-end verification solutions from static design checks, through formal and sequence-based verification.
- Build IP/block and SoC level scan insertion flows and script ATPG retargeting procedures. Creating automated QoR checks for implementation quality control.
- Write static timing constraints, create waivers, and devise flows for bullet proof timing checks
- Hiring, training and leading DFT engineers in daily tasks and activities to fulfill company road map.
- You will report to head of Central DFT Team.
- Mentor DFT engineers through out the project life cycle.
What you’ll need:
- Engineer with proven technical and people management skills
- Collaborative team player, and out of the box mindset
- Good understanding in Verilog/VHDL and System Verilog
- Exposure with CAD and automation. Good exposure for using Perl techniques in creating generic codes. Knowledge of TCL and Python.
- Extensively experienced with main DFT standards such as JTAG (1149.1/1149.6/1500), iJTAG (1687) and BIST techniques (memory BIST, logic BIST, interconnect BISTs)
- Track record in integrating custom made DFT logic for complex SoCs (System-On-Chip) and CoWoS (Chip-On-Wafer-On-Substrate) designs.
- Experience in SoC and IP/Block level scan insertion and ATPG, simulation of zero delay and SDF annotated test sequences.
- Experience in scripting/reviewing SCAN/MBIST timing constraints.
- Developing DFT rule bases and DFT-DRC checks with spyglass are valuable additions.
Good to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- 10+ years of experience in complex SoC designs in RTL, DFT or FE capacity. Candidates with less experience may be considered for other senior technical roles.
- Vast experience to various DFT EDA tools from Tessent, SNPS and Cadence
- Experience in core wrapping, pattern retargeting & packetizing ATPG techniques. SSN knowledge.
“Hybrid work environment”
As part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Hybrid Working Model
- Provisions to pursue advanced education from Premium Institute, eLearning content providers
- Medical Insurance and a cohort of Wellness Benefits
- Educational Assistance
- Advance Loan Assistance
- Office lunch & Snacks Facility
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