Staff Board Power Application Engineer
Core
Designing and optimizing board-level power distribution networks (PDN) and DC-DC solutions for high-performance System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms.
Role type
Staff Board Power Application Engineer (via careerplan.io/jobs/101320254176-staff-board-power-application-engineer-at-arm)
Builds
Hardware platform prototypes for Arm processors
Domain
Semiconductor / Embedded Compute / Power Electronics
Required skills
DC-DC converter topologies, PWM controllers, MOSFET design, PDN analysis, Power Integrity (PI) analysis, PCB layout for power circuits, EMI/EMC mitigation, thermal management, PMBus/SMBus/AVBus telemetry, simulation tools (SIMPLIS, SPICE, PowerDC, Ansys SIWave), lab equipment (oscilloscopes, electronic loads)
Preferred skills
MCU or FPGA-based prototyping, Python/MATLAB/LabVIEW scripting
Technologies
SIMPLIS, SPICE, PowerDC, Ansys SIWave, PMBus, SMBus, AVBus
Responsibilities
Define board power architectures and power trees; Select VR components to meet efficiency and transient response requirements; Perform simulation and analysis of board PDNs; Develop schematics and review PCB layouts; Validate and debug power solutions in the lab; Assist with customer design-in of VR/PMIC solutions; Document power trees, test reports, and design specs.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC
