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The Principal Test Engineer - Security and Provisioning is responsible for defining, developing, and deploying secure provisioning flows for semiconductor manufacturing on ATE. This role owns the manufacturing execution of security lifecycle transitions, eFuse/OTP programming, fuse readback, and device identity provisioning across wafer sort, final test, SLT, and high-volume manufacturing. You will develop and debug Advantest 93K test methods, digital patterns, and production flows while ensuring deterministic fuse maps and access controls. Key technologies include SmarTest 7, SmarTest 8, STIL, JTAG, DAP, APB, and AXI access paths. You will collaborate with Design, Firmware, and Security Architecture teams to validate provisioning blobs, secure boot enablement, and Root-of-Trust requirements. The role solves critical problems regarding manufacturing-safe fuse programming, production guardrails, and secure debug state-machine behavior.
What does a Test Engineer earn?
Median $125289 from 36 postings across 10 companies.
Own the end-to-end ATE provisioning strategy for secure manufacturing flows and lifecycle state transitions.
Define and implement manufacturing-friendly fuse and provisioning flows including write, readback, and error handling.
Develop, simulate, and debug Advantest 93K test methods and digital patterns for secure provisioning.
Validate provisioning sequences, security blobs, and lifecycle state-machine behavior before silicon execution.
Define production controls and documentation to prevent over-fusing and unauthorized debug enablement.
Ensure fuse maps and access controls are deterministic and practical for ATE execution.
Manage production guardrails for wafer sort, final test, SLT, and high-volume manufacturing.
What we're looking for
10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, ATE test development, product engineering, production test, or silicon bring-up for complex SoCs.
Hands-on experience with Advantest 93K ATE test development, including SmarTest 7 / SmarTest 8, digital patterns, and STIL/pattern generation.
Experience with eFuse, OTP, non-volatile fuse programming, fuse controllers, lifecycle controllers, and JTAG indirect access.
Experience with security lifecycle transitions, secure debug states, device provisioning, key/certificate/blob handling, and secure boot enablement.
Knowledge of DICE, attestation, Root-of-Trust, RSE, Caliptra, or equivalent secure manufacturing flows.
Ability to understand fuse maps, security registers, JTAG/DAP/APB/AXI access paths, and provisioning appliances.
Experience validating test sequences, provisioning blobs, lifecycle state machines, and silicon-to-ATE correlation with DV and design teams.
Understanding of wafer sort, final test, SLT, HVM release, production quality controls, and manufacturing guardrails.