Senior DFT Designer
NXP Semiconductors · Posted Oct 27
High-performance mixed-signal and standard semiconductor products for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications
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About the role
NXP is seeking a Senior DFT Designer to support development of mixed-signal and digital integrated circuits. The role focuses on DFT architecture, implementation, and verification for complex SoCs, working with RTL, physical design, verification, product, and test teams. Responsibilities include scan insertion, ATPG, memory BIST, timing closure, and silicon bring-up to ensure robust testability and high-quality silicon.
What you will do
- Lead and execute the full DFT design flow, including specification definition, architectural design, RTL coding (Verilog/SystemVerilog), synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), verification.
- Develop and integrate scan insertion, test compression, and ATPG patterns.
- Implement memory BIST strategies.
- Collaborate closely with digital, analog, mixed-signal, product, test and software teams.
- Collaborate with RTL and physical design teams for DFT insertion and timing closure.
- Develop and implement innovative DFT architectures and design methodologies to meet challenging performance, power, area and quality targets.
- Optimize test coverage, pattern count and test time.
- Perform comprehensive DFT verification at RTL and gate level.
- Work with ATE teams for test program development and silicon bring-up.
- Participate in post-silicon validation and debug activities, identifying and resolving issues to ensure product quality.
- Mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and contribute to continuous improvement of DFT design processes and methodologies.
- Generate detailed design documentation, including specifications, test plans, and design reviews.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in digital IC design.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor or master degree in microelectronics, ECE or related
- Strong expertise in DFT methodologies: Scan, MBIST, LBIST, JTAG.
- Hands-on experience with industry standard ATPG tools.
- Proficiency in UPF/CPF-based low-power DFT.
- Knowledge of fault models (stuck-at, transition, path delay).
- Familiarity with physical design constraints for DFT.
- Experience in silicon debug and ATE bring-up
- Knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
- Strong commitment to schedule and quality, a good team player
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As a global semiconductor leader, the company drives innovation in automotive processing, secure connected edge systems, industrial IoT, and mobile communications infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 32169 employees
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Funding stage
- Public Company
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Public Company
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Jennifer Wuamett
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Sustainability Officer
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