Lead DFT Engineer
Cadence
3 - 7 years
Hyderabad
Posted: 21/03/2026
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Job Description
About the Company
Cadence Hyderabad is Hiring for DFT Engineers
About the Role
Job responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- BE/BTECH/ME/MTECH Or Equivalent Degree
- EXP-3-7years
- Very good knowledge on SCAN/ATPG/JTAG/MBIST
- Experience with one or more chip tape out that includes chip ATE bring up.
- Experience on gate level simulation with no timing and timing (SDF) simulations (ATPG/MBIST/JTAG)
- Experience in Test structures for DFT, IP integration, ATPG fault models, test point insertion, coverage improvement techniques.
- Experience in scan insertion techniques at block level and chip top level.
- Experience on Memory BIST generation, insertion, verification on RTL/Netlist level.
- Good knowledge and understanding in Analog PHY and Analog Macro tests.
- Good knowledge and understanding on JTAG for IEEE 1149.1/IEEE1149.6 standards.
- Good knowledge on test mode timing constraints
- Good knowledge about running block level and chip STA flows.
- Cross domain knowledge to resolve DFT issues with design, synthesis, physical design, STA team.
- Proficiency in industry standard tools for scan insertion, ATPG, MBIST and JTAG (preferable Cadence/Tessent tools)
- Experience with post-silicon bring up and debug on ATE.
- Good knowledge on Perl/Tcl scripting skills
- Very good team player capabilities and excellent communication skills to work with a variety of teams across the global organization.
- High sense of responsibility and ownership within the team for successful tape out and post-silicon bring up of project.
- Should have B-Tech/M-tech with 3 Years to 8 Years relevant experience.
Qualifications
- B-Tech/M-tech with 3 Years to 8 Years relevant experience.
Required Skills
- Very good knowledge on SCAN/ATPG/JTAG/MBIST
- Experience with one or more chip tape out that includes chip ATE bring up.
- Experience on gate level simulation with no timing and timing (SDF) simulations (ATPG/MBIST/JTAG)
- Experience in Test structures for DFT, IP integration, ATPG fault models, test point insertion, coverage improvement techniques.
- Experience in scan insertion techniques at block level and chip top level.
- Experience on Memory BIST generation, insertion, verification on RTL/Netlist level.
- Good knowledge and understanding in Analog PHY and Analog Macro tests.
- Good knowledge and understanding on JTAG for IEEE 1149.1/IEEE1149.6 standards.
- Good knowledge on test mode timing constraints
- Good knowledge about running block level and chip STA flows.
- Cross domain knowledge to resolve DFT issues with design, synthesis, physical design, STA team.
- Proficiency in industry standard tools for scan insertion, ATPG, MBIST and JTAG (preferable Cadence/Tessent tools)
- Experience with post-silicon bring up and debug on ATE.
- Good knowledge on Perl/Tcl scripting skills
- Very good team player capabilities and excellent communication skills to work with a variety of teams across the global organization.
- High sense of responsibility and ownership within the team for successful tape out and post-silicon bring up of project.
Equal Opportunity Statement
If Interested, please share your updated profile to dsupriya@cadence.com
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