Job brief: ASIC/SOC DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

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• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Austin, TX · Palo Alto, CA
• Posted: 2026-08-06 · over 60 days ago

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What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Entry level. The posting asks for 1+ years of experience.

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science
• 1+ years of professional experience working with ASICs
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.
• § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

Conditions

• Collaborate with circuit physical design team, ATPG team and manufacturing team to facilitate high quality scan coverage in silicon
• Understanding of ASIC design flow, methodologies, physical design, and verification
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Responsible for evaluating design readiness for scan insertion through RTL and physical design Scan Design Rule Check (DRC) tools
• Integration and verification of Design for Test (DFT) fabrics and IP within Subsystems
• Running and evaluating scan insertion through synthesis tools and refining scan insertion recipe for maximum coverage
• Run ATPG(Automatic Test Pattern Generation) analysis to ensure quality scan chain construction and meeting basic coverage goals
• Run and debug non-timing and SDF annotated gate level simulations

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Austin, TX: $174k a year (131 listings, 14 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across SpaceX's 2,900 open listings, 60% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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