Arm
The Principal Test Engineer - Security and Provisioning
$250K–$338K
Austin, Texas · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in semiconductor manufacturing, ATE test development, product engineering, production test, or silicon bring-up for complex SoCs or advanced semiconductor devices.
About the job
Defines, validates, and deploys ATE security-provisioning flows and manufacturing controls across wafer sort, final test, SLT, and high-volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end ATE provisioning strategy, including lifecycle transitions, secure boot, device identity, debug policy, and production fuse programming.
- Develop and validate Advantest 93K test methods and manufacturing flows for fuse programming, readback, verification, and post-provisioning integrity.
- Coordinate with design, DV, security, firmware, product engineering, and manufacturing teams on provisioning validation, production controls, and release handoffs.
What they ask for
- Hands-on Advantest 93K ATE test development, including SmarTest 7 / SmarTest 8 and production test integration.
- Experience with eFuse/OTP and non-volatile fuse programming, lifecycle controllers, readback/verification, and safe manufacturing controls.
- Experience with security lifecycle transitions, device provisioning, secure boot, and secure debug or equivalent secure manufacturing flows.
- Experience validating provisioning sequences and state machines with DV and design teams, plus knowledge of production quality controls and traceability.
Pay
$249,900-$338,100 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Advantest 93K, SmarTest 7, SmarTest 8, STIL, JTAG, DAP, APB, AXI
AI focus
AI may be used for application preparation, but not to complete assigned assessment tasks; assistive AI for reasonable adjustments requires contacting Arm.
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