Power Integrity Engineer — PDN Design & Validation (Hybrid)

Intel Corporation; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Power Integrity Engineer to develop and validate power delivery solutions for high-speed silicon, packages, and boards. You will analyze PDNs, perform electromagnetic model extractions, and guide design choices across silicon-to-platform interfaces.

The role emphasizes PDN impedance, decoupling strategies, and VR performance, with collaboration across silicon, package, and validation teams to meet performance targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related STEM field with 1+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 0+ years of experience.
• 1+ years of experience in one or more of: power integrity, power delivery, power electronics, signal integrity, voltage regulator design/validation, PCB/package electrical modeling, electrical simulation, or electrical lab testing/validation.
• Preferred: experience with PCB and/or semiconductor package design and tech; familiarity with runtimes like HSPICE, HFSS, ADS, PowerSI/DC; programming in Python or MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze power delivery networks (PDNs) for silicon, packages, boards, and high-speed platforms.
• Perform 2D and 3D electromagnetic model extraction and power-noise analysis across end-to-end PDN paths.
• Define and evaluate power-grid specifications, power-noise budgets, and design targets balancing power, performance, and area.
• Apply power integrity principles to guide package and platform design and implementation.
• Analyze PDN impedance, voltage droop, resonance, ground bounce, and decoupling effectiveness.
• Develop analysis methodologies, test structures, and verification plans for PDN design and validation.
• Perform laboratory measurements to characterize power noise across frequency and transient responses.
• Correlate post-silicon/platform measurements with pre-silicon simulations to improve accuracy.
• Evaluate and optimize on-die, package, and platform decoupling strategies.
• Support VR performance characterization and optimization as part of the platform power delivery solution.
• Develop platform-level power delivery recommendations for design guides.
• Translate silicon requirements into package/platform specifications and support pathfinding.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize end-to-end power delivery.

Skills

Power integrity

Power electronics

Signal integrity

Voltage regulator design

PCB/package electrical modeling

Electrical simulation

Electrical laboratory testing

Python/MATLAB scripting

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics Engineering or related STEM field

Master's in Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

HSPICE

Ansys HFSS

Keysight ADS

Cadence PowerSI

Cadence PowerDC

Job description

Intel Corporation in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Power Integrity Engineer to develop and validate power delivery solutions for high-speed silicon, packages, and boards. You will analyze PDNs, perform electromagnetic model extractions, and guide design choices across silicon-to-platform interfaces.

The role emphasizes PDN impedance, decoupling strategies, and VR performance, with collaboration across silicon, package, and validation teams to meet performance targets.