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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Design for Test (DFT) Engineer - **Company:** Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories - **Location:** Boise, ID, United States - **Salary:** $84,200.0 - $170,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Code Coverage, Computer Programming, Digital Electronics, Firmware, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Test Data, Strategies of Testing - **Published:** July 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=062f2fdb351619fc ## About the Role * You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, or equivalent * You have several years of hands-on experience in electronics test development, board-level design, or a closely related discipline * You have a deep understanding of analog and digital electronics, schematics, and board-level design * You have influenced design decisions before and can carry an argument on technical merit with people who own the design * You can hold both perspectives-what the designer needs and what the factory needs-and find solutions that serve both * You care about quality and build it in from the start rather than inspect it in at the end, * You have direct experience with DFT practices, test coverage analysis, or design-for-manufacturability in electronics * You have hands-on experience with boundary scan/JTAG, built-in self-test, or in-circuit test (ICT) and functional test development * You have worked with flying probe, bed-of-nails, or functional test systems and understand what makes a board easy-or hard-to test * You have knowledge of power systems protection products * You have exposure to programming (Python, C, or similar) * You have a background in firmware development for embedded test or self-test applications ## Description We are hiring experienced Design for Test (DFT) Engineers in Boise, ID. You will be embedded with our R&D product design engineers, shaping how our next generation of products is built so manufacturability and testability are built in from the start. This role is about supporting Manufacturing; you are Manufacturing's advocate inside product design, ensuring every product is designed to be tested and built reliably at scale. It is a role for engineers who have experience building and testing products and can partner closely with the design team and the manufacturing team., * Partner with R&D product design engineers throughout the design cycle, providing Design for Test guidance from concept through release to manufacturing * Review schematics, board layouts, and architectures to ensure test access, coverage, and fault isolation-test points, boundary scan/JTAG, built-in self-test, and diagnostic strategies * Develop and maintain DFT guidelines, standards, and design-rule checklists, and help design teams adopt them * Model and estimate test coverage early, identifying gaps before a board is ever fabricated * Serve as the bridge between R&D and our manufacturing test engineering teams, ensuring designs transition smoothly into production test systems * Collaborate on test strategy and requirements so that flying probe, bed-of-nails / in-circuit test (ICT), and functional test systems can be built efficiently for each new product * Assist with developing flying probe and bed-of-nails in-circuit test (ICT) programs for our SPEA 4080 and Keysight i3070 systems * Analyze field and production test data to close the loop-feeding lessons learned back into design practices and DFT standards * Evaluate and champion emerging DFT methods, tools, and technologies across the engineering organization Because you work at the design stage, your impact is broad and directly serves Manufacturing: you help ensure that products are right-testable, diagnosable, and manufacturable-so the factory can build them reliably, at volume, and with the coverage to catch defects early. ## Related Videos - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Mutation Testing and Fuzzing in C#](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/703-mutation-testing-and-fuzzing-in-c) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Your Testing Strategy is broken - lets fix it!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1672-your-testing-strategy-is-broken-lets-fix-it) - [Test-reduction - Doing more with less](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/977-test-reduction-doing-more-with-less) - [Breaking the Bug Cycle: TDD for the Win](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1037-breaking-the-bug-cycle-tdd-for-the-win) ## Related Articles - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [What is a Test Plan: Guide to Test Planning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/191-what-is-a-test-plan-guide-to-test-planning) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering)