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Senior DFT Engineer

AmazonChicago, ILL6 LeadSeptember 15th, 2026
Overview As a DFT-focused engineer, you will lead a team delivering advanced testability and reliability solutions for AWS-scale silicon. You’ll collaborate with frontend and backend teams through architecture reviews, drive design sign-off, and oversee silicon bring-up and failure analysis to ship high-quality products to millions of AWS customers. This role combines hands-on design with leadership in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment that shapes cloud hardware at scale. ResponsibilitiesLead a team of engineers on DFT for a high-visibility projectParticipate in architecture and design reviews; create testability and reliability solutionsProvide design constraints for implementation and sign-offBuild work plans and drive executionInvolve in silicon bring-up, reliability testing, and advanced physical failure analysisDeliver a high-quality product to AWS fleet at scale Key requirementsBachelor in Electrical Engineering or equivalentExtensive expertise in semiconductor design and DFT engineeringAdvanced knowledge of chip design using Verilog and SystemVerilogProficient in structural scan techniques and flowsDeep understanding of memory test and repair methodologiesExperience leading complex technical projectscross-functional collaborationleadership and mentorshipeffective communicationVerilogSystemVerilogstructural scan techniques