Sr Staff DFT Engineer - NPU/AI Processor
Company: Qualcomm
Location: Bangalore, Karnātaka, India
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-07-09
About this role
## Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
## Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware 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 Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
Minimum of 11+ years experience in the area of ASIC/DFT
-In depth knowledge of DFT concepts
-In depth knowledge and hands on experience in scan insertion, ATPG, coverage analysis, Transition delay test coverage analysis
-Expertise in test mode timing constraints definition, knowledge in providing timing fixes/corrective actions for timing violations
-Expertise in scripting languages such as perl, shell, etc.
-Experience in simulating test vectors
-Knowledge of equivalence check, DFT DRC rules both in RTL lint tool (like spyglass) and ATPG tool like (Tessent, TK, TetraMax)
-Working experience in Genus, Synopsys TetraMax/DFTMax and Cadence Encounter Test is ...