Staff DFT Design Engineer

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is one of the fastest growing companies in the Semiconductor industry. We are worldwide technical leaders in Integrated Power Semiconductors and Systems Power delivery architectures. At MPS, we cultivate creativity, are passionate about sustainability, and are committed to providing leading-edge products and innovation to our customers. Our portfolio of technology helps power our world ---come join our team and see how YOU can make a difference.

Job Description:

A Sr. DFT Engineer leads the end-to-end design, implementation, verification, validation and debugging of Digital and Mixed-Signal ICs DFT architectures and solutions utilizing leading edge technologies with industry standard ASIC tools. Products to be designed/verified may include power management, signal management and mixed signal functions.  

MPS products include: switching regulators, sensors, motor control, display drivers, audio amplifiers and power management ICs for fast-growing portable and non-portable markets such as notebooks, cell phones, telecom, digital camera, automobile and network equipment. 

Essential Functions: 

• Development and implementation of DFT Architectures and Techniques.
• RTL Design, debugging and Verification.
• Physical implementation, debugging and Gate-Level Verification.
• Generation of High-Quality Test and Debug Patterns.
• STA and Power Analysis of DFT Modes.
• Silicon bring-up, support, failure analysis, backtracking and diagnosis.  
• Synthesis: timing, input/output and DFT constraints definition. Results and Reports analysis.
• LEC: constraints definition and debugging. Results and Reports analysis.
• ATPG Generation and Simulation.
• Analog, Digital and Mixed-Signal AMS Verification support.
• Close interaction with other Departments (Analog, Testing, Product, Digital).
• Analog and Digital Functional Testing.
• Test Plan Definition for Analog and Digital Structural and Functional Testing.

 Qualifications: 

• BSEE + 15 years of experience, MSEE + 12 years of experience as a DFT Engineer. 
• Has the ability to work independently and collaborate with other teams or departments.
• Solid knowledge of the full ASIC development process.
• Excellent RTL Verilog or System Verilog coding skills.
• Knowledge of standard Digital Verification languages (SystemVerilog/UVM) and Gate-Level Sims.
• Experience with Standard and Advanced DFT Techniques (ATPG, SCAN, IDDQ, Delay Fault, SCAN Compression/EDT, Reduced Pin Count SCAN, Boundary SCAN, LBIST, MBIST, ABIST, JTAG, etc.).
• Proficiency with ATE implementation, debugging and failure backtracking.
• Excellent understanding of Trade-Off between Test Quality and Test Time.
• Very good understanding of the backend flow: Synthesis, P&R, DFT, Power, LEC and STA.                
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills and strong team work/collaboration.  
• Knowledge/Experience with the following is a plus: 

  Automotive standards

  Knowledge of power management industry/applications 

  I2C, I3C, SPI, USB, PMBUS, ARM and/or RISC-V designs

  Scripting and automation languages like TCL, Phyton and C/C++

• ASIC tool knowledge(Cadence, Synopsis) and DFT tool knowledge(Modus, Tetramax, Testsent Fastscan/TestKompress, TestInsight, etc)

Location:  Barcelona, Spain 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of MPS to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.