# CPU DFT Engineer at NUVACORE

- Company: NUVACORE
- What the company does: NUVACORE builds for the stratosphere. Maximum performance. Absolute area efficiency. No compromise. A general-purpose CPU core designed to excel everywhere, from core infrastructure to advanced AI systems, including the continuous demands of agentic computing. Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.nuvacore.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Santa Clara
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $140K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/nuvacore/b6a2292f-5ad3-44e0-94d1-875db2e8d232
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nuvacore-cpu-dft-engineer/

## About the role

Nuvacore is building ground-up high performance, low-power CPU for next-generation compute workloads. As DFT engineers within the CPU team you will be responsible for test related pre-silicon and post-silicon activities. We will be delivering a DFT architecture which aligns with the projects industry leading power, performance, and area.

## What they're looking for

- BS or MS with 7 years experience in DFT or DFT verification
- Scan or MBIST with industry standard EDA tools, or experience with DFT verification flows
- For scan role, able to define scan insertion, scan compression, and clking requirements, and define intest and extest modes
- For MBIST role, be very familiar with memory repair, and repair interaction with functional operation
- Strong understanding of JTAG, IEEE 1500 and IEEE 1687
- Experience with Verilog RTL and gate level netlists, including running and debugging simulations

Tags: DFT