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# SOC Yield & Diagnostics Engineer, SI Hardware

- **Company:** Tesla Motors
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $312,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Deep Learning, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/86073024/1

## About the Role

* Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent experience
 * 5+ years of experience in ATPG and SRAM BIST diagnostics, fault isolation, failure analysis
 * Solid understanding in CMOS fabrication process in latest FinFET/GAA technologies
 * Good understanding of DFT implementation of ATPG and MBIST
 * Experience using industry standard EDA diagnostics offerings form Tessent/Synopsys
 * Strong automation skills - building python based AI data analysis routines is a bonus

## Description

We are open to hiring in Austin, TX; Palo Alto, CA.
What You'll Do

 * Architect & set up volume diagnostic data processing pipelines for SOC logic & memory
 * Partner with EDA vendors, integrate AI based deep learning techniques to improve diagnostics convergence, fault isolation and failure analysis success
 * Collaborate with foundry partners to accelerate defect reduction - build defect paretos, recommend FA candidates, validate improvements from process changes
 * Develop models to predict yield trends, detect anomalies, prefetch corrective actions
 * Work with DFT and PTE tams to root cause qualification fails/field returns, aid development of new tests targeting specific fault types