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SoC DFT Lead

Qualcomm

On-site
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Full-time
Staff
Principal
6+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 4w ago

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Job description

Qualcomm is hiring a SoC DFT Lead — a full-time, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam role. Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.

SoC DFT Lead, Director

Location: Ho Chi Minh, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

Department: Hardware Engineering

Work Location: onsite


Company:

Qualcomm Vietnam Company Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General 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.

 Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead DFT strategy and implementation for complex SoCs.

  • Drive architecture and methodology for scan, BIST, and boundary scan.

  • Collaborate with design, verification, and physical implementation teams to ensure robust test coverage.

  • Mentor and guide engineers, ensuring best practices and continuous improvement. Required Skills & Expertise

DFT Architecture & Methodology: Scan insertion, ATPG, MBIST, LBIST, JTAG.

Tools & Technologies : Synopsys, Mentor Tessent, Cadence Modus.

Languages : Verilog/System Verilog, scripting (TCL, Perl, Python).

  • Test Coverage Analysis and optimization for high-quality silicon.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field. 

15+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience

4+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

• 2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

Level of Responsibility:

• Provides supervision to other supervisors/managers who are direct reports.

 Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

• Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department. 

• Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.

• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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The required skills for SoC DFT Lead at Qualcomm include: FPGA, Project Management.

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