# ATE Test Engineer, Sr Staff Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Nepean, Ontario
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110000-$164000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

You will work on memory interface IP that powers real customer products, determining whether that IP ships on time and works in the field.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Develop and execute ATE test programs on platforms like Introspect, Teradyne, Advantest, or Credence for memory interface IP including DDR, LPDDR, and HBM

- Perform electrical characterisation using oscilloscopes, BERTs, and network analysers to capture time-domain signals, eye diagrams, and jitter analysis on production silicon

- Debug complex mixed-signal systems including PLLs, DLLs, DACs, and state machines to isolate failures across silicon, firmware, board, and test setup

- Validate IP against JEDEC specifications and automotive qualification standards including HTOL, ELFR, and reliability testing protocols

- Generate technical documentation and validation reports that translate silicon behaviour into actionable recommendations for design, firmware, and customer teams

- Collaborate with design and firmware teams during silicon bring-up to identify and resolve issues before production release

- Mentor junior validation engineers through characterisation projects, test program development, and lab equipment usage

**The Impact You Will Have:**

- Your validation work will determine whether Synopsys memory IP meets timing, signal integrity, and reliability requirements before customer deployment

- You will catch silicon issues early in the validation cycle, reducing costly re-spins and accelerating time to market for new IP releases

- Your ATE programs will become the production test foundation for high-volume manufacturing, directly affecting yield and quality

- Your characterisation data will inform design decisions for next-generation memory interface IP

- Your mentorship will build validation capability in the Nepean lab, enabling the team to scale alongside the IP portfolio

- Your documentation will serve as the technical record that supports customer engagements, qualification processes, and internal design reviews

- Your ability to isolate root cause across disciplines will prevent validation bottlenecks and keep silicon programs on schedule

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical field

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in silicon validation, ATE programming, or mixed-signal test engineering

- Proven experience programming ATE platforms such as Teradyne, LTX, Advantest, Credence, or Introspect

- Proven experience debugging and bringing up new benchtop test equipment for IO characterisation

- Deep working knowledge of DDR, LPDDR, and HBM protocols and JEDEC specifications

- Strong analog and mixed-signal circuit knowledge with the ability to analyse verification and simulation waveforms

- Expertise using oscilloscopes, BERTs, network analysers, and other advanced lab equipment for electrical characterisation

- Expertise in reading VB code

- Experience with jitter analysis, timing validation, pulse-width measurements, and reliability testing including HTOL and ELFR is a strong plus

- Familiarity with automotive qualification standards is a strong plus

**Benefits:**

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.

## Skills

### Required
- ATE programming
- mixed-signal test engineering
- silicon validation
- DDR
- LPDDR
- HBM
- JEDEC specifications
- oscilloscopes
- BERTs
- network analysers

### Nice to have
- jitter analysis
- timing validation
- pulse-width measurements
- reliability testing
- automotive qualification standards

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