Posted 3 months ago
DFT Design Engineer
@ Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Markham, Ontario
Overview
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc is hiring a DFT Design Engineer in Markham, ON to lead a team of DFT engineers on complex SOC ASIC and IP subsystem designs. The work covers DFT architecture, automated design flows, design checks, scripting and regression debugging.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of DFT engineers
- Implement automated DFT design flows in SOC ASIC or IP subsystems
- Set up and run design checks with industry and in-house tools
- Develop Perl, Python and TCL scripts for DFT implementation
- Monitor regression results, debug failures and analyze coverage
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's or Master's in computer or electrical engineering
- Experience with Perl, Python, Shell scripting, C++ or SQL
- Digital circuits and VLSI knowledge
- Object-oriented programming skills
- Strong problem solving and communication skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Engineering |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer engineering, Electrical engineering |
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About the Department
Central DFX (CDFX) is a centralized ASIC design group within AMD’s Technology and Engineering organization. CDFX has a global footprint with design teams located in several AMD offices in North America and Asia. Our mandate is to optimize and standardize design methodology, design and implementation of critical Design-for-Test (DFT) and Design-for-Debug (DFD) features for complex state-of-the-art APU computing, game console and GPU graphics products. It is also responsible for DFX design methodology and CAD automation tools development to support the global DFX engineering teams across AMD.
THE PERSON:
You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead a team of DFT engineers, providing technical direction, mentorship, and performance feedback.
- Understand Design-for-Test (DFT) architecture
- Implement and deploy automated design flows to implement DFT features in a complex SOC ASIC design or IP subsystem
- Setup and execute design checks using both industry standard and in-house tools
- Deliver Perl, python, TCL scripts that provide scalable solutions key to DFT implementation
- Monitor CAD and/or IP regression results, debug failures and analyze coverage
- Develop in-house automation, utilities, intranet web portal, AI/ML applications
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with Perl/Python/Shell scripting, C++, SQL
- Experience with AI/ML application
- Good object oriented programming skills
- Digital circuits and VLSI knowledge
- Strong problem solving skills
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering
LOCATION: Markham, ON
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