Staff Engineer, Power Integrity

Summary

The Staff Engineer, Power Integrity develops new electrical systems/circuits for various applications. You will research system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, and capture them in schematics and system specifications. Other responsibilities will be testing, simulation, validating and qualifying the systems and make adjustments as needed. You will need to provide support throughout the manufacturing of the electrical systems that have been designed. The role will work in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development.  You will enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Perform target impedance analysis, transient voltage droop, phase margin, and stability analysis.
• Define PDN architecture and design solutions for boards and systems across a wide range of power specifications.
• Lead power delivery modeling, simulation, and characterization for interposers, packages, PCBs, and voltage regulators (VRs) to meet impedance and voltage droop specifications.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to design end-to-end power delivery systems.
• Provide guidelines for implementation and feedback to PCB, package, system design and other cross-functional teams.
• Lead hardware correlation on component, board and system level.
• Develop test suites for system-level validation of power domain design margin.
• Provide power integrity support through the design process.
• Drive initiatives to improve processes, procedures and quality.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Experienced in power design of single/multi-phase DC/DC converter, point-of-load converter, LDO, MOSFETs, magnetics, hot-swap circuitry of how-swap controller, load switches, current sense circuit and amplifier, and etc.
• Experienced in designing power systems for networking, compute, or storage products.
• Experienced in high-current, low-voltage power subsystems for CPU, GPU, ASIC, SoC, and FPGA.
• Experienced in PCB stack-up, power planes, and tools used to simulate voltage gradients.
• Familiar with schematic capture and CAD layout tools or equivalent ones.
• Proficient with circuit simulation tools such as SIMPLIS, PSPICE, and LTSPICE, or equivalent tools.
• Knowledge of high-density power modules and Vertical Power Delivery (Knowledge on Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) is a plus).
• Experienced with power integrity tools such as PowerDC or equivalent and board level evaluation.
• Experienced with design and troubleshooting of power management interfaces such as PMBus, AVS, SVID and SVI2/3.
• Experienced with defining specifications and validation of power connectors, cable assemblies and fuses.
• Familiar with NPI hardware design and deployment cycle.
• Experienced with development of test automation for power validation that is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to present to various audiences effectively

• Proven technical understanding of power supply architectures, VR technologies, power distribution network (PDN) modeling and PCB design practices.
• Working knowledge in 3D/2D EM simulation tools, electromagnetic modeling, and transmission line theory. Skills with associated tools for 2.5D (PowerDC, PowerSI, SIWave, OptimizePI, Sentinel-PI, nSys), 3D Full wave (HFSS, nWave), quasi-static tools (Q3D, nApex) is required.
• Familiar with LTSPICE, HSPICE, Spectre, AMS, and Simplis models or equivalent ones for system-level transient droop analysis.
• M.S. with at least 7 years of experience, or PhD with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

• M.S and or Ph.D. with academic background in Power/Signal Integrity, Power Electronics and Analog Circuit Design.
• Understanding of power supply architecture covering multi-stage/multi-phase VR technologies, PCB and package design trends and trade-offs, and chip supply design including low- and high-power design methodologies.
• Experience in developing PI/SI methodologies, modeling PDN from system to die, and conducting lab correlation/validation.
• Familiar with Python coding and AI/ML-assisted automation.
• Experience in design and analysis of product power supply solution.
• Deep understanding of VR design principles and the system environment's electrical performance.
• Good knowledge of 3D/2D EM simulation tools, electromagnetics, and transmission line theory.
• Familiar with lab equipment including but not limited to VNA, real-time scope, spectrum analyzer.
• Work and communicate efficiently in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Work independently, teach and mentor others, and innovate.
• Experience in driving initiatives that improved process, procedures and quality.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 7+ years of experience, or PhD with a minimum of 5+ years of experience.

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Salary

$128,000 - 170,000 USD/year

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.