DC-DC Power Hardware Engineer for High‑Power ASICs

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Hardware Engineer specializing in DC-DC power conversion to join the team responsible for designing and validating MTIA module power solutions. You will lead validation, characterization, and testing efforts to ensure efficiency, reliability, and performance from prototype through production.

You will collaborate with HW Platform and ASIC teams to define efficient power hardware, execute robust validation plans, and qualify power solutions with vendors for next-generation

Qualifications

• Experience in validating high-power DC-DC systems for ASICs.
• Proven ability to lead hardware bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with lab instruments for power measurement and validation.
• Experience creating and executing validation test plans for power delivery.
• Strong understanding of power integrity and thermal effects in compact assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Lead validation and characterization of DC-DC power systems for high-power ASIC modules and verify efficiency, transient response, thermal performance and reliability.
• Contribute to DC-DC topology selection, components, regulation schemes, and control loop design.
• Develop comprehensive power validation plans including bring-up, verification, stress testing and production qualification.
• Participate in PDN design activities including plane design and stack-up definition.
• Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and electronic loads.
• Conduct power integrity analysis linking simulation to lab measurements.
• Define test infrastructure and automation strategies for power delivery across generations.
• Drive root cause analysis and failure investigations for power issues during validation or production.
• Collaborate with ASIC and platform teams on power delivery specs balancing efficiency, thermal limits, and space constraints.
• Partner with vendors to qualify power solutions through development milestones.
• Document validation methodologies and best practices for DC-DC power systems.

Skills

Power electronics validation

DC-DC conversion

Hardware bring-up

Test automation

Power integrity analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Electronic loads

Circuit modeling

Job description

Meta is seeking a Hardware Engineer specializing in DC-DC power conversion to join the team responsible for designing and validating MTIA module power solutions. You will lead validation, characterization, and testing efforts to ensure efficiency, reliability, and performance from prototype through production.

You will collaborate with HW Platform and ASIC teams to define efficient power hardware, execute robust validation plans, and qualify power solutions with vendors for next-generation