CareerPlan

Principal Engineer, Power Integrity

Santa Clara, CA, USFull-time$151k–$226k2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Drive end-to-end power integrity analysis, PDN design, and verification for board, switch, and optics platforms in AI and high-speed communications.

Role type

Principal IC Power Integrity Engineer

Builds

Next-generation platform solutions for data infrastructure (AI, wired/wireless comms, critical infrastructure)

Domain

Semiconductor / Power Delivery Networks (PDN) / High-Speed Electronics

Required skills

PDN analysis, power plane design, EM simulation (HFSS, Sigrity), VNA/TDR measurements, Python scripting, loop stability analysis, decoupling capacitor strategies

Preferred skills

SoC/package/board co-design, EMI/EMC debugging, automated PI workflows

Technologies

PowerSI, SIwave, Cadence Sigrity, Ansys HFSS, HSPICE, ADS, COMSOL, VNA, TDR, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers

Responsibilities

Define PDN target impedance and decoupling strategies; perform power plane modeling and simulation; correlate lab measurements with simulation; mentor junior engineers; provide customer-facing PI specifications and support; identify and mitigate power integrity risks.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship