Principal DFT Engineer
Nxp
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Practise the Principal DFT Engineer at Nxp interview free →Responsibilities As a Pune MCU team DFT lead, this candidate needs to architect DFT design, in charge of DFT instruments insertion and simulation; work with SOC lead/IP designers and DV team to deliver DFT implementations, verify and review verification coverage; work with BE lead for DFT modes STA, IR drop analysis; work with test engineers to bring up test patterns on silicon; provide guidance to Jr. DFT Engineers. Define and implement DFT structure, design and methodologies that include scan/mbist/jtag and functional testing. Create test vectors or oversee their creation. Collaborate with physical design team to close timing in DFT mode. Sign-off DFT requirements are being met. Work with testing team to bring-up test patterns on silicon. Requirements Minimum Qualifications BE/MS degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering with 12+ years of DFT experience. Hands-on expertise with Mentor/Synopsys test generation tools for large complex designs. DFT lead experience for complex SOC TO and Production. Strong fundamental knowledge of DFT techniques include JTAG, ATPG, test pattern translation, yield learning, logic diagnosis, scan compression, IEEE 1500 Standard, and MBIST, LBIST, SSN. Preferred Qualifications Experience with synthesis, STA and back-end implementation flows. Familiar with Tessent shell flow for DFT instruments insertion include MBIST, IJTAG, SSN, BSCAN, OCC etc. Solid Lab and test floor bring-up and debug experience. Yield estimation and test optimization. DFT AI mindset. More information about NXP in India... #LI-2734
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