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Lead PDNEMIR Engineer

NXP Semiconductors


Job Location:

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Required Qualifications
  • in Electronics Electrical Engineering VLSI or related field.
  • 8 years of experience in Physical Design Power Integrity or Signoff.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills:
  • Own full-chip and subsystem-level PDN signoff for complex SoCs.
  • Define PDN signoff criteria across project milestones.
  • Drive power integrity closure for functional DFT LBIST capture and stress modes.
  • Lead package-aware IR/EM analysis and chip-package co-optimization.
  • Define and review power grid architecture bump planning power switch strategy and decap methodology.
  • Drive Vmin peak EM dynamic IR and thermal-aware analysis.
Methodology & Innovation
  • Develop next-generation PDN signoff methodologies.
  • Automate PDN flows using TCL/Python/Shell.
  • Improve runtime capacity dashboarding and regression infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with EDA vendors (Ansys/Cadence/Synopsys) for feature enhancements and tool debug.
  • Establish best practices and reusable signoff frameworks across projects.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with Physical Design teams to drive PDN-aware floorplanning placement routing and ECO solutions.
  • Partner with DFT teams to optimize pattern power and capture-mode reliability.
  • Collaborate with Package and Thermal teams on package RLC optimization and thermal correlation.
  • Support silicon bring-up debug and correlation of pre-silicon versus post-silicon measurements.
Project Execution
  • Provide technical risk assessment and mitigation plans.
  • Drive closure of critical PDN hotspots with minimal PPA impact.
  • Present signoff status to management and project stakeholders.
  • Ensure on-time delivery for tapeout milestones.
  • Lead reviews for high-risk blocks and top-level integrations.
People Leadership
  • Mentor engineers and PDN owners across multiple projects.
  • Define training content and technical roadmaps for the team.
  • Lead technical reviews and establish signoff governance.
  • Influence organizational PDN strategy and future technology direction.

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Required Experience:

IC


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