Power Integrity/Signal Integrity Engineer

Company Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Job Description (PDN – Power Integrity Engineer)

• Lab measurements of PDN in frequency and time domain.
• Strong in analog and digital design and circuits
• Extraction of PDN parameters using industry standard tools.
• Good understanding of package and PCB.
• Work with package and board design teams to enable analysis and closure of PDN rails.
• Design power delivery network for die, package and board. Define bump/BGA patterns for on-die power grid and decoupling capacitance analysis.
• Perform PDN design, simulation, analysis, and debug.
• Derive PDN design budgets like IR Drops, droops, PMIC requirements.
• Conduct power integrity analysis for high performance IPs, and provide feedback for Low Power Chip and System Architecture.
• Work with system designers, design verification and physical design teams to define, implement, and verify power delivery.
• Good understanding of power, timing, IR drop and issues seen in lower tech nodes.
• Participate in development of PDN methodology formulation.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with cross functional teams.

Requirements

• Masters/Phd/Postdoc Candidates with 5-12 years of industry experience in power delivery network design and signal integrity analysis.
• Expertise in signal and power integrity with preferred experience in on-die power grid design, decoupling capacitor analysis, and coupling analysis.
• Expertise in cost-effective Power Distribution network design for high density/high performance chips.
• Measurements skills: VNA, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope.
• Looking for candidates holding Masters/PhD in ECE with 10-13 years experience in signal and power integrity domain with understanding of power delivery networks and system design for high density/high performance chips.

Additional Toolset Experience

• Cadence APD, Voltus, PowerSi, Ansys HFSS, Q3D, SiWave, HSpice, ADS and Matlab.
• Conversant in languages (python/tcl/C), with understanding of software algorithms and data structures.

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