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Senior/Principal DFT Engineer

Fractile · Bristol and London

Fractile designs chips and systems to run frontier AI models at thousands of tokens per second. This senior or principal engineer owns design-for-test for its large AI accelerator SoC, from scan and memory test strategy through to production test and yield.

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Company
Fractile
Where
Bristol and London
Function
Engineering
Posted
1 week ago
Seniority
Senior
Work mode
On-site
Categories
AI & MLDeepTechSaaS

The role

What you’ll do

  • Define the DFT architecture, including scan, compression, MBIST, LBIST and boundary scan
  • Set DFT methodology, tool flows and signoff criteria
  • Work with RTL and physical design on clean integration and timing closure
  • Bring up and debug ATPG patterns on ATE, and mentor DFT engineers

What you’ll need

  • Typically 8+ years of DFT on complex ASIC or SoC designs
  • Ownership of DFT architecture on at least one large tapeout
  • Deep expertise in scan, compression, ATPG and MBIST with Synopsys or Tessent tools
  • Silicon bring-up, debug and yield ramp experience

Good to know: Based in London or Bristol. Equity, private medical, dental and vision cover, pension and 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays. Some roles need export-control eligibility checks.

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About Fractile

DeepTech, AI & ML and SaaS. Backed by Accel (London), Kindred Capital and Oxford Science Enterprises. Stage: series_unknown.

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