Lead PDNEMIR Engineer
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
About Company
NXP is a global semiconductor company creating solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world.