Posted 2 months ago
DFT Engineer, Senior
@ Qualcomm Canada ULC
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Qualcomm Canada ULC is hiring a senior DFT engineer to define and run design-for-test strategy across scan, JTAG and MBIST/LBIST, with pre-silicon verification and silicon bring-up duties. The role also requires AI tool experience and scripting automation. Pay is stated as $100,800 to $150,800 with bonus and RSU eligibility.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute end-to-end DFT strategy including scan, boundary scan and BIST
- Perform RTL insertion, verification and ATPG for high test coverage
- Design and implement MBIST and LBIST architecture in RTL
- Partner with test engineers on silicon bring-up and yield improvement
- Write and maintain Python, Tcl or Perl automation scripts
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's in CS or electrical/electronics engineering with 2+ years hardware experience, or master's with 1+ year
- Hands-on DFT and ATPG experience with industry tools
- Experience deploying agentic AI tools for semiconductor workflows
- Scripting proficiency in Python, Tcl or Perl
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-16
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-31
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-07
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Work setting | Office, Laboratory |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus, Stock or equity |
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Qualcomm Canada ULC
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 107 |
Company:
Qualcomm Canada ULCJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware EngineeringGeneral 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 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
What You'll Do
- DFT Architecture: Define and execute the end-to-end DFT strategy (including Scan, Boundary Scan/JTAG, and Memory/Logic BIST).
Replacement Position.
- Pre-Silicon verification:
- RTL insertion & Verification.
- ATPG using standard industry tools to ensure high-quality test patterns (Stuck-At, At-Speed, Path-Delay etc) for maximum test coverage, utilize scan compression & scan data streaming techniques to reduce test time.
- Design & implement MBIST & LBIST architecture in RTL.
- Collaborate with Physical design teams to resolve DFT related timing violations.
- Gate Level Timing & Power Aware simulations.
- Silicon Bring-Up:
- Partner with Test Engineers to bringup initial Silicon.
- Diagnose and resolve failing patterns & drive yield improvements.
- Automation: Write and maintain scripts (Python, Tcl, or Perl) to automate the DFT insertion and verification flows
What You'll Need
- AI Skills: Experience deploying agentic AI tools for optimizing semiconductor workflows.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$100,800.00 - $150,800.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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