DFT Engineer - CPU

Markham, Ontario, Canada Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted July 5, 2025 Last posted July 5, 2025
Job description


Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

As a DFT Engineer you will work with chip architects, chip designers, implementation engineers and test engineers to verify the DFT and DFD (Design for Debug) architecture, implementation, and test plans for both mixed signal and digital VLSI designs.  Then you’ll insure it becomes reality. We’re doing a ground up implementation of a new chip architecture, so you’ll have to ability to affect a new design.

Qualifications:

  • BA/BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 3+ years of practical experience
  • Strong fundamentals in digital ASIC design; experience using Verilog or VHDL
  • Experience with ASIC test, DFT, and debug
  • 10+ years of practical experience with test or DFT
  • Experience using the Mentor Tessent tools
  • Experience with defining and implementing SOC level verification on large designs.
  • Experience in TCL, Perl/Python and Shell scripting

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on expertise with commercial test generation tools for large complex designs
  • Strong fundamental knowledge of DFT techniques include JTAG, ATPG, test pattern translation, yield learning, logic diagnosis, scan compression, IEEE 1500 Standard, and MBIST, LBIST
  • Experience running test compression software
  • Strong sense of ownership, self-driven

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Create test vectors or oversee their creation
  • Validate DFT requirements are being met
  • Work with designers to increase test coverage, debug observability and flexibility
  • Verify post-PD designs meet DFT requirements
  • Work with test personnel, stepping in to do run tests when needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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About this role

Summary

Verify DFT architecture and implementation for mixed signal and digital VLSI designs.

Job title

DFT Engineer - CPU

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

semiconductors

Location requirements

Located in Markham, Ontario; remote work not allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Electrical EngineeringComputer EngineeringVerilogVHDLASIC testDFTdebugMentor TessentTCLPerlPythonShell scripting

Preferred skills

test generation toolsDFT techniquesJTAGATPGtest pattern translationyield learninglogic diagnosisscan compressionIEEE 1500MBISTLBIST

Specializations

DFTASICVLSIdebugverification
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Markham, ON, Canada

On-site City