Staff SLT Test Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 25 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Staff SLT Test Engineer in the Product Test and Diagnosis Department (PTD), you will lead the development and deployment of System Level Test (SLT) solutions for AI processors. You will drive SLT hardware, software, automation, and characterization solutions supporting silicon bring-up, yield learning, manufacturing readiness, and production ramp.
What you'll do
- Lead the development and deployment of SLT hardware and software solutions supporting silicon bring-up, characterization, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment. - Own major SLT workstreams and drive execution from requirements definition through deployment and production readiness. - Develop and integrate SLT test content in collaboration with Silicon Validation, Bring-up, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams. - Lead the development of SLT hardware, including test boards, sockets, thermal solutions, instrumentation, and vendor engagements. - Develop and maintain SLT software frameworks, automation infrastructure, diagnostics, telemetry collection, and data analysis tools. - Drive characterization activities, including voltage margining, frequency characterization, thermal characterization, reliability screening, and root-cause failure analysis across Simulation, ATE, Bench, and SLT environments.
What you'll need
- Experience in System-Level Test, production test, characterization, or post-silicon validation of complex semiconductor products. - Strong understanding of semiconductor fundamentals, power delivery, signal integrity, board design practices, and advanced packaging technologies. - Knowledge of DFT methodologies including scan, JTAG, BIST, MBIST, boundary scan, and manufacturing test architectures.
This role has been open 119 days — slightly above the 113-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
192
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Median days open
113 d
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Median salary
$129k
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| Metric | Graphcore | All employers we track in this specialty (192 roles · 57 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 192 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 48 | 2256 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 113 d | 113 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $129k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 14 open roles · median 116 d
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 111 d
- Renesas Electronics · 12 open roles · median 104 d
- onsemi · 10 open roles · median 137 d
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 119 d
- Marvell Technology · 9 open roles · median 119 d
How we counted: 192 open Silicon Test Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 57 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.