Staff Engineer, EM/IR
Core
Staff Engineer responsible for SoC & Block level Dynamic & Static IR drop assessment, closure, and grid robustness work with peak current demands of IPs.
Role type
Staff IC physical design engineer (EM/IR)
Builds
SoC power delivery networks and robust power grids
Domain
Semiconductor / VLSI / Physical Design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
EM/IR assessment, power grid robustness analysis, high frequency design convergence, PDN modeling, voltage rail assignment, regulator assignment, on-die power gating, in-rush current profiling, EDA scripting, data analysis
Preferred skills
Block level or chip level Physical Design leadership, package & board level power delivery understanding, system/PMIC/silicon package team collaboration
Technologies
RHVoltus, Voltus, Vmin flows, VCD flows
Responsibilities
Resolve Dynamic & Static IR issues, provide feedback on power grid robustness to Floorplan/APR teams, evaluate and optimize power distributions, model power delivery networks including on-die power gating and in-rush current profiles, model current profiles and peak current demands of various IPs, evaluate and optimize voltage rail and regulator requirements for SoC, work with system/PMIC/silicon package teams to model voltage response of the power delivery network
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
