CPU Power Delivery Engineer

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Who We Are 

The E-core CPU Team is looking for a highly motivated and technically savvy experienced leader to join our team as a senior Power Delivery Engineer. We are looking for a candidate interested in a cross functional role between circuit design and physical integration for enabling the complete power delivery solution and reliability convergence for the next generation CPU cores. This will be a fast-paced dynamic environment where you will have the opportunity to work on a wide spectrum of circuit and physical design activities.

Who You Are

Primary roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform feasibility study, design/verification/simulation of power distribution network (PDN) and sign off IR/EM metrics
• Work with power management architects and layout team to define and implement power gating solutions
• Work with RTL, SD and Circuit teams to converge the design on all PDN metrics
• Define bump patterns and on-die power grid
• Work with the package integration team to ensure complete IP system meets the design specifications.
• Work with the post-silicon debug team to triage, debug and fix potential power distribution network issues

Behavioral traits required for this position include: 

• Logical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very good verbal/written communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Skilled at prioritizing work and multi-tasking

You must possess the minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidate must have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering with 2+ years of work experience in a related field OR a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering with 4+ years of work experience in a related field OR a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of experience in a related field.

Related fields include: 

• Physical Design, SoC Design or CPU Design
• Complementary MOS (CMOS) circuit design
• Digital logic and optimization
• Circuit design trade-off for power, performance and area
• Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)

Preferred Qualifications

• The candidate should have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering with 3+ years of work experience in a related field OR a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of work experience in a related field
• The candidate should have experience in the following areas:
• Power Delivery design, implementation and validation of high-performance and low-power designs
• Low power implementation techniques
• Mentor Graphics RedHawk or equivalent commercial tool for EM and IR drop analysis
• TCL/Python coding