Skip to main contentA logo with &quat;the muse&quat; in dark blue text.
Accenture

Design For Test (DFT) Staff Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

We are:

As part of Accenture's Industry X, the Silicon Design group is a diverse team of world class silicon engineers. We have 100+ years of cumulative hands on experience in architecture, logic design, verification, physical design, emulation and firmware . We use the latest silicon technologies and processes to help our clients create well-designed solutions to highly complex challenges. We are designing and developing next-generation, high performance SoCs, supporting our clients in their drive to deliver their product vision to their users. We are involved in all aspects of chip design from definition and architecture through to verification and signoff. Accenture engineers are true "Silicon to SW" Partners, allowing a new breed of companies in the semiconductor ecosystem to innovate in an unparalleled time to market.

Want more jobs like this?

Get jobs in Phoenix, AZ delivered to your inbox every week.

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.


Whether at our Silicon Design Center in Phoenix or at one of our other locations you will get to collaborate and innovate with the world's leading product development companies. In our dynamic fast-paced environment you will get to make the impossible possible.

You are:

You are an extraordinarily talented Design for Test/Design for Debug (DFT/DFD) Engineer. You thrive on using your strong communication skills to drive collaboration with all disciplines within silicon design. You will be responsible for the design, implementation and verification of DFT techniques and will have solid hands-on experience of techniques such as scan and MBIST. Your deployment of DFT methodologies will be vital to increasing product quality, reducing test cost and decreasing time to market.
    Work with the Silicon teams to document the DFT specifications and define the requirements Develop and implement DFT architecture and infrastructure Develop and drive execution of enhanced DFX (DFT/Design-For-Debug) methodologies, with increased focus on debug support Work with the DV team to verify DFT implementations Generate structural test vectors, analyze and improve coverage/test time/test cost Work with designers on STA, physical, power and logical issues impacting DFT Work with test engineers to bring up test vectors on silicon Work with lab bring-up teams to bring up test vectors in the lab environment Manage schedules and support internal and external cross-functional/cross-organizational engineering efforts
Racking up those air miles will have to wait, as weekly non-essential travel to client sites Monday through Thursday is currently suspended. For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.

Read more of the job description

Read Less

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 1 - 3 years of DFT experience:
    • Industrial standards and practices in DFT, including ATPG, JTAG, MBIST and trade-offs between test quality and test time
    • Developing DFT specifications
    • Industry standard DFT and design tools
    • Debugging ATPG/MBIST patterns
    • STA constraints and their interaction with DFT
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an, Associate's Degree with 6 years of work experience)
Preferred Qualification:
  • Experience with Synopsys DFT tools (Tetramax, DFT compiler, BSD compiler, Formality, Spyglass)
  • Experience with JTAG and IEEE standards 1149.1 and 1149.6.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

Unless expressly indicated, this role is not open in the state of Colorado.

Job ID: AccentureInc-00821067
Employment Type: Other

This job is no longer available.

Search all jobs