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Principal DFT Engineer

SambaNova · Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, United States · Austin, TX · San Jose, CA

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Infrastructureonsiteprincipal$180k–$255k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build state-of-the-art RDU chips powering a full-stack AI inference platform.
  • Work on dataflow architecture built for agentic and long-running workloads.
  • Own DFT architecture through to silicon bring-up for high-performance SoCs.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
  • 77% premium coverage for dependents
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
  • Dental, Vision, Disability, Life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account options
  • Headspace subscription and Gympass+ membership
  • One Medical membership and Employee Assistance Program

Ideal candidate

A highly hands-on engineer who loves owning complex chips from architecture through silicon bring-up. You are collaborative, detail-driven, and motivated by delivering high-yield, high-performance AI hardware.

Requirements

  • B.S. in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
  • 10+ years relevant industry experience
  • Deep understanding of scan insertion, scan compression, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG, and hierarchical DFT
  • Hands-on experience with Siemens Tessent or equivalent DFT tools
  • Experience with STA constraints and analysis for DFT modes and SDF simulations
  • Working knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog simulators and waveform debugging
  • Experience with ATE pattern deployment and silicon bring-up preferred
  • Experience with large compute, AI accelerator, or HPC SoCs preferred

Lab profile

About SambaNova

Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.

What they build

  • RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
  • SambaRack rack-scale hardware
  • Full-stack AI inference platform

Known for

  • Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
  • High decode performance for agentic workloads
  • Full-stack hardware-software co-design

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, California
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