Lead DFT Engineer

3 days ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Astera Labs Full time

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions grounded in open standards. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs' Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL, Ethernet, PCIe, and UALink semiconductor-based technologies with the company's COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. Discover more at

As an Astera Labs' Principal DFT (Design for Test) Engineer, you will be part of the DFT Design team that develops the next generation of Astera Labs' connectivity products that support the world's leading cloud service providers and server and networking OEMs. In this role, you have exposure and be responsible for the full product life cycle, from definition to mass production to end of life of the products. You will be working closely with all engineering teams, physical design and functions like back-end testing, manufacturing, defect, and reliability analysis. This employee must be team oriented with a focus on solving problems in a collaborative manner between multiple engineering teams.

Basic qualifications:

  • Minimum of bachelor's degree in computer engineering/ electrical engineering, Masters preferred.
  • Minimum 4+ years of experience in a semiconductor company as a DFT engineer
  • Must be local or willing to relocate

Required experience:

  • Chip design, Verilog and System Verilog
  • Verification, UVM methodology
  • ATPG tools
  • Scan insertion tools
  • Gate-level simulations
  • Static timing analysis
  • Scripting (Perl/Tcl)
  • Familiarity with ATE
  • 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
  • Experience running test compression software
  • Experience using the Mentor Tessent or synopsys DFT Max and Tetramax tools

Preferred experience:

  • Experience with defining and implementing SOC level verification on large designs.
  • Working with 93k Tester
  • Experience with IEEE 1500 Standard or IEEE 1687 standard and MBIST, LBIST

 Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.  

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.

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