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Silicon Power & Characterization Lead

Austin💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$100,000🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead post-silicon power characterization and correlation for cutting-edge semiconductor products, ensuring silicon meets power and performance specifications.

Role type

Principal-level silicon power characterization engineer

Builds

High-fidelity, repeatable power characterization lab infrastructure and automated data analysis pipelines

Domain

Semiconductor hardware engineering, power architecture, SoC design

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

silicon power analysis and characterization, digital and mixed-signal power domains, DVFS, leakage vs. dynamic power, power gating, lab-based power measurement, oscilloscope usage, current probe usage, power analyzer usage, SMU usage, Python scripting, Perl scripting, MATLAB scripting, root-cause analysis, PVT corner characterization

Preferred skills

cross-functional collaboration, technical communication, automated workflow design

Technologies

oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, SMUs, Python, Perl, MATLAB

Responsibilities

Develop and execute detailed power measurement strategies on silicon, correlate results with pre-silicon models, build and maintain lab infrastructure and automated workflows, characterize power across PVT corners, drive root-cause analysis for power anomalies

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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