Senior Power Integrity Engineer — High-Scale Networking

Drivenets; United States; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DriveNets is seeking a Senior Power Integrity Engineer to define, analyze, and validate power delivery networks for next‑generation networking platforms. You will partner with hardware architects, PCB designers, ASIC teams, and SI engineers to ensure reliable PI performance across high‑speed interfaces and multi‑layer PCBs.

You will drive PI methodologies, run pre- and post-layout simulations, and lead measurement campaigns in the lab, contributing to effective bring-up, validation, and product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Power Integrity and hardware design.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and PDN optimization.
• Hands-on lab validation with PI measurements.
• Strong understanding of decoupling, impedance, and PI workflows.
• Experience with multi-layer PCBs for networking hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead Power Integrity activities across the hardware development lifecycle, from architecture through production.
• Define and optimize board- and package-level PDNs for high-current networking ASICs and supporting devices.
• Perform pre-layout and post-layout PI simulations using industry-standard tools.
• Establish target impedance requirements and validate compliance across all power rails.
• Analyze DC voltage drop, AC impedance, transient response, and power distribution performance.
• Collaborate with PCB layout engineers to optimize stackups, decoupling, and power routing.
• Work with Signal Integrity engineers to co-optimize SI and PI of high-speed interfaces.
• Develop PI design guidelines and best practices for future products.
• Support schematic reviews, layout reviews, and design sign-off activities.
• Perform laboratory measurements and correlation using oscilloscopes, VNAs, power analyzers, current probes.

Skills

Power Integrity

Hardware Design

High-speed digital systems

Lab validation

PDN optimization

PCB design understanding

Education

Electrical Engineering (B.Sc./M.Sc.)

Tools

Cadence Sigrity PowerSI/OptimizePI

Ansys SIwave

Ansys HFSS

PowerDC

Job description

DriveNets is seeking a Senior Power Integrity Engineer to define, analyze, and validate power delivery networks for next‑generation networking platforms. You will partner with hardware architects, PCB designers, ASIC teams, and SI engineers to ensure reliable PI performance across high‑speed interfaces and multi‑layer PCBs.

You will drive PI methodologies, run pre- and post-layout simulations, and lead measurement campaigns in the lab, contributing to effective bring-up, validation, and product