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Staff DFT ATPG Engineer, AI Hardware

Tesla

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

4/22/2026

Compensation

$128,000 - $312,000 a year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
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·FY 2025

Job description

Tesla's AI Hardware team is seeking a highly motivated ASIC RTL Design Engineer specializing in custom AI accelerators. The role focuses on designing high-performance, power-efficient RTL for math-intensive components that support AI training and inference systems, emphasizing expertise in tensor operations and optimized data paths.

Requirements

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years across ATPG, ATE test development, and DFT timing
  • Expert-level Tessent proficiency — TestKompress and MemoryBIST
  • Deep knowledge of fault models: stuck-at, transition, path delay, cell-aware, and SDD
  • ATE test program development and OSAT deployment experience
  • SDC constraint development for DFT test modes; timing closure using Tempus
  • Ability to use agentic AI flows to automate ATPG and ATE test workflows

Responsibilities

  • Generate production-quality ATPG patterns using Tessent for various fault models
  • Achieve and exceed coverage targets while minimizing pattern count for ATE test time
  • Debug low coverage areas and ATPG abort conditions
  • Perform gate-level pattern simulation to validate pattern integrity
  • Support hierarchical and flat ATPG methodologies for multi-million gate SoC designs
  • Architect and develop comprehensive ATE test programs
  • Own NPI silicon bring-up for structural tests and debug failures
  • Deploy and optimize test programs at OSATs for yield, quality, reliability, and cost
  • Develop custom test methods for product-specific requirements

Benefits

  • Employees at Tesla are often offered day-one coverage with multiple medical options (some at $0 paycheck cost), dental/vision, company HSA contributions, a 401(k) match, and equity programs. Most roles also include paid time off and holidays, family-building support, employee assistance, commuter and childcare benefits, and access to discounts and wellness programs.

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