Senior ATE Security Software Engineer

Salary: $185,000 - 213,500 per year Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience; a masters degree in a related field is preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience in silicon test, security engineering, or test software development.
• Experience with device security and secure provisioning during test, including OTP/eFuse programming.
• Working knowledge of encryption, cryptographic keys, and secure communication channels.
• Strong software engineering skills, including proficiency in Python and/or C/C++ and experience building reusable, well-architected code.
• Experience developing test or automation software on Advantest 93K and/or Teradyne UltraFLEX platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• International travel during release-to-production phases is required.
• Preferred: experience leading cross-functional technical efforts and mentoring engineers.
• Preferred: expertise in silicon security for modem and SoC devices, including secure boot, key and identity provisioning, fuse-based lifecycle management, and debug-port lockdown.
• Preferred: experience implementing cryptographic provisioning flows involving keys, certificates, and device identities in manufacturing or test environments.
• Preferred: experience with anti-tamper and physical security features in silicon, such as tamper detection, sensors, and secure-element hardening.
• Preferred: in-depth understanding of OTP/eFuse programming challenges, including margin, read-back verification, repeatability, and irreversible operations at high volume.
• Preferred: experience building reusable ATE libraries and tooling, including pattern search, sub-flow generation, and automated test-program generation.
• Preferred: experience with digital testing of complex SoCs, including scan/ATPG, MBIST, JTAG boundary scan, and functional tests.
• Preferred: experience developing and debugging ATE test programs on Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX.
• Preferred: experience with high-speed SERDES test and characterization, including equalization tuning, jitter decomposition, and eye/BER analysis.
• Preferred: experience developing high-volume manufacturing test solutions and managing the NPI test release lifecycle, from silicon bring-up through production hand-off and ramp.
• Preferred: familiarity with I/O protocols such as I3C, SPI, and GPIO, and experience testing complex modem and SoC devices in advanced process nodes.
• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Own device security and secure provisioning during test, including secure boot, key and identity injection, cryptographic provisioning, fuse-based configuration and lifecycle management, and debug-port lockdown.
• Develop, own, and qualify OTP/eFuse programming flows, addressing programming margin, read-back verification, repeatability, and irreversible operations across process, voltage, and temperature conditions.
• Integrate ATE flows with secure provisioning systems, hardware security modules, and key-management infrastructure.
• Develop and validate JTAG and debug-access flows for post-provisioned units, supporting analysis of RMA returns and downstream quality issues while maintaining device security.
• Design, build, and maintain reusable ATE libraries and tools that accelerate test development across the team.
• Create utilities for pattern search and analysis, automated sub-flow generation, and test-program generation from patterns.
• Architect reusable, maintainable, scalable libraries and frameworks, applying modular design, version control, code review, and testing.
• Run firmware on devices under test to support secure provisioning, self-test, and shorter test times.
• Partner with ASIC design, DFT, security, and firmware teams to meet our standards for secure provisioning, design-for-test, and design-for-manufacturability.
• Identify and resolve security, test-readiness, and software gaps throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead technical and security reviews and establish software and security best practices for the team.

• Architect
• Firmware
• Flow
• Hardware
• Support
• Network
• Python
• Security

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We are developing Amazon Leo, a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites intended to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved communities worldwide. As a Senior ATE Security Software Engineer, you will work with an experienced, collaborative cross-disciplinary team to deliver secure, high-quality custom silicon for the Leo network, contributing to device security and test-time provisioning as well as reusable ATE libraries and automation. The role is based in San Diego, Sunnyvale, California, or Redmond, Washington. The listed annual base salary ranges are $185,000 in San Diego, $213,500 in Sunnyvale, and $185,000 in Redmond. Compensation also includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units, with final pay based on experience, qualifications, and location. Our benefits include health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. We are an equal opportunity employer and support an inclusive culture; workplace accommodations are available during hiring and employment.

last updated 40 week of 2026