ATE Test Development Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
$100,000 - $500,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
Build scalable test solutions on the Advantest V93000 platform using SmartTest 8.
About the role
This role involves building sophisticated, scalable test solutions on the Advantest V93000 platform and owning the development, debug, datalogging, and optimization of ATE test content for NPI and production.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain modular ATE test programs and measurement libraries for NPI and production on the Advantest V93000.
- Implement and optimize parametric, functional, scan, BIST, and system-level test flows using tester APIs and custom measurement sequences.
- Debug ATE failures and support product engineering with characterization, Vmin/Fmax extraction, guard-band definition, production limits, and correlation to bench, SLT, and validation results.
- Build robust datalogging and automation solutions while improving test time, multisite efficiency, measurement stability, yield analysis, and regression testing.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience in ATE test development, semiconductor test engineering, or post-silicon validation.
- Proficiency with Advantest V93000, SmartTest 8, tester APIs, C++ or Java, and Python automation.
- Understanding of ATE instrumentation, including DPS, PMU, RF/HSIO, timing sets, multisite execution, and tester-to-DUT behavior.
- Experience in controlled experimentation, root-cause isolation, cross-domain debug, and semiconductor test methodologies.
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 24-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
523
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Median days open
24 d
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Median salary
$169k
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| Metric | Tenstorrent | All employers we track in this specialty (523 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 523 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 8 | 2205 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 1 d | 24 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 67 open roles · median 21 d
- Infineon Technologies · 39 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics · 39 open roles · median 24 d
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology · 28 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 23 d
How we counted: 523 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.