Staff DFT ATPG Engineer, AI Hardware
Tesla · Posted Nov 3
Electric vehicles, solar panels, and integrated clean energy storage solutions
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About the role
Tesla's AI Hardware team designs advanced AI inference chips and custom silicon, including Dojo, the supercomputer built to train neural networks on fleet video data, powering Full Self-Driving and the Optimus robot. The Silicon Engineering team delivers silicon that meets production quality targets from first tapeout. As a Staff DFT ATPG Engineer, the role owns pattern generation, ATE test program development, and DFT timing closure from pre-Si ATPG through OSAT deployment.
What you will do
- Generate production-quality ATPG patterns using Tessent for stuck-at, transition delay, path delay, cell-aware, and small delay defect (SDD) fault models
- Achieve and exceed coverage targets (>99% stuck-at, >98% transition) while minimizing pattern count for ATE test time
- Debug low coverage areas — X-state sources, blocking logic, untestable faults, and ATPG abort conditions
- Understanding and familiarity of hybrid bonding test concepts
- Perform gate-level pattern simulation to validate pattern integrity
- Support hierarchical and flat ATPG methodologies for multi-million gate SoC designs
- Architect and develop comprehensive ATE test programs covering ATPG, MBIST, Repair, Functional, DC, and HSIO
- Own NPI silicon bring-up for structural tests — debug and root cause failures to closure
- Deploy and optimize test programs at OSATs for yield, quality, reliability, and cost
- Develop custom test methods for product-specific requirements and contribute to wafer probe and final test hardware design
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years across ATPG, ATE test development, and DFT timing
- Expert-level Tessent proficiency — TestKompress and MemoryBIST
- Deep knowledge of fault models: stuck-at, transition, path delay, cell-aware, and SDD
- ATE test program development and OSAT deployment experience
- SDC constraint development for DFT test modes; timing closure using Tempus
- Ability to use agentic AI flows to automate ATPG and ATE test workflows
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Tesla
Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, battery energy storage systems, and solar panels. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company is dedicated to accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy through innovative technology and engineering. Its product ecosystem ranges from mass-market passenger cars and commercial semi-trucks to advanced energy generation and storage solutions.
- Industry
- Automotive
- Company size
- 125000+ employees
- Founded
- 2003
- Location
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $6.0B raised
- 2020-05-18Post Ipo Debt$5.0B
Leadership
Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer
Senior Vice President, Automotive
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
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