Provide technical leadership and mentorship across project teams.
Support strategic engagements with customers, ASIC partners and industry standards bodies where appropriate.
Contribute to technical publications, patents and industry conferences.
Required Skills and Experience
Principal or Senior Principal level engineer with extensive experience in Design-for-Test architecture and implementation.
Strong understanding of modern SoC DFT methodologies including
Scan architecture and scan compression
ATPG and fault simulation
At-speed testing
Memory BIST
Logic BIST
JTAG / IEEE 1149.1
IJTAG / IEEE 1687
DFT verification and debug
Experience developing reusable DFT methodologies or automation rather than project-specific solutions.
Experience evaluating and deploying Siemens Tessent, Synopsys and/or Cadence DFT solutions.
Strong scripting skills (Perl, Tcl and/or Python) together with Linux/Unix expertise.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience
Experience defining DFT architecture for large-scale SoCs.
Experience with heterogeneous compute systems, AI accelerators or hyperscale computing products.
Knowledge of IEEE 1500, IEEE 1838 and advanced IJTAG methodologies.
Experience with Streaming Scan Network (SSN) and chiplet/3DIC architectures.
Familiarity with silicon bring-up and production test.
Experience working directly with EDA vendors on new technology development.
Knowledge of synthesis, STA and physical implementation considerations for DFT.
Experience with formal verification and simulation methodologies.
Record of patents, conference publications or contributions to industry standards.
Additional information
Please note that no relocation package is available for this role.
If skilled worker sponsorship is required, Arm will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual’s application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.
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