# Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer - DFT

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Shanghai
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

You will engineer the future with Synopsys, a leader in silicon to systems solutions that enables rapid innovation of AI-powered products.

As an Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer - DFT, you will own full customer DFT engagements from project kickoff through tape-out and first-silicon bring-up, covering scan compression, ATPG, XLBIST, OCC, IEEE 1687/1149, and hierarchical test flows.

You will deliver hands-on technical training, workshops, and best-practice enablement sessions to customer DFT engineering teams across China.

Your responsibilities will also include:

- Reproducing complex customer issues in-house, creating minimal test cases, and partnering with R&D to resolve product gaps, enhance features, and improve quality of results

- Supporting pre-sales technical evaluations and benchmarks, translating customer requirements into proof-of-concept flows using TestMAX, DFTMAX, and TetraMAX

- Writing and maintaining reusable enablement collateral including flow documentation, known issue summaries, and workaround guides for both internal teams and customers

- Debugging DFT and ATPG issues using simulation, waveform analysis, and DRC/log file forensics to isolate root cause under tight schedule pressure

- Working across time zones with global R&D, sales, and customer teams, and traveling to customer sites in China as needed for critical engagements

The impact you will have includes:

- Enabling customers to tape out complex SoCs with robust, manufacturable test coverage, directly affecting yield and time-to-market for high-volume production chips

- Reducing customer debug cycles by catching DFT setup issues early and providing clear, actionable guidance that prevents downstream silicon failures

- Shaping the product roadmap by translating field requirements and customer pain points into prioritized R&D feature requests and quality improvements

- Building customer confidence in Synopsys DFT solutions through hands-on enablement, responsive support, and deep technical credibility that drives tool adoption and renewals

To qualify, you will need:

- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field

- 1+ years of hands-on DFT experience covering implementation, ATPG, or silicon test in a design or validation role

- Working knowledge of scan insertion, compression architectures, ATPG, OCC, IJTAG/IEEE 1687, and hierarchical DFT methodologies

- Proficiency with Verilog or SystemVerilog for reading RTL and netlists, and strong Unix/Linux command-line skills

- Scripting ability in Tcl, Python, or Perl to automate flows, parse logs, and build test environments

- Experience debugging DFT and ATPG issues using simulation tools, waveform viewers, and DRC/log file analysis to isolate root cause

- Strong written and verbal English communication skills, comfortable leading customer calls and writing clear technical summaries and reports

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs.

## Skills

### Required
- DFT
- ATPG
- scan compression
- XLBIST
- OCC
- IEEE 1687/1149
- hierarchical test flows
- Verilog
- SystemVerilog
- Unix/Linux
- Tcl
- Python
- Perl

### Nice to have
- commercial DFT or ATPG tools such as Synopsys TestMAX, DFTMAX, TetraMAX
- silicon bring-up
- ATE pattern validation
- diagnosis experience including scan chain failure analysis
- logic diagnosis
- failure remapping
- static timing analysis for DFT modes
- scan stitching
- at-speed test constraints

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