Staff Hardware Engineer, Power Delivery (AI Data Center)

Socket.dev; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 121,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced power electronics engineer to design and validate power delivery for a new ML inference acceleration platform.

The role covers board-level power design, PMIC programming, and system-level power integrity. You will work with cross-functional teams, perform pre/post-silicon validation, develop test plans, and ensure rails meet performance and efficiency targets using MATLAB, SIMPLIS, and PCB tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of hardware experience or higher education plus experience.
• Master's degree with 3+ years of hardware experience or PhD with 2+ years.
• Experience with board bring-up and power integrity analysis.

Responsibilities

• Specifies board-level power design and PMIC programming for system power-on/off.
• Drive power integrity analyses and SI/PI for multiple rails.
• Develop and execute board validation test plans pre/post-silicon.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on power delivery requirements.
• Use MATLAB, SIMPLIS, Excel for simulations and analysis.

Skills

Power electronics

Power management

Thermal analysis

PCB layout

Python scripting

Firmware coding

SI/PI

Power integrity

PMIC programming

Board validation

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

SIMPLIS

Excel

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is developing an exciting new product line for machine learning inference acceleration in the cloud with industry leading performance/watt. As part of this project Qualcomm is seeking an experienced power electronics engineer. The role will cover all aspects of product development including (but not limited to) specifying board level power design, power management products and voltage regulator selection, development, programming, debug, as well as post-silicon board/SoC test validation and power correlation ensuring system-level performance and power metrics are met.

• Requires expertise in one or more of the following engineering disciplines: power electronics (switch mode and linear), power management, high bandwidth/low latency control interfaces, thermal analysis, power distribution networks, firmware coding, Python or similar scripting languages, PCB layout and construction and industry standard interfaces (e.g. DDR, PCIE, USB etc).
• Uses design and simulation tools such as MATLAB, SIMPLIS, Excel and Mentor Graphics
• Work with power, system, board architecture, and other cross-organization colleagues to ensure board meets power delivery requirements to SoC.
• Provide schematic/layout guidance to CAD team and conduct design reviews following internal and industry established guidelines
• Help drive internal simulation teams to ensure board design meets signal and power integrity (SI/PI) including (but not limited to) impedance analysis, IR drop analysis, transient droop/overshoot for all rails.
• Expertise with multi-phase buck, boost, LDO regulators as well as crystal oscillators, low-noise clocks, precision references; implement differential voltage and current sensing.
• Responsible for programming Qualcomm PMIC programing to orchestrate system power-on and power-off sequence on a development platform. Especially critical to be able to work with a degree of abstraction and ambiguity.
• Derive, document, and execute board validation test plans pre/post-silicon. Bring up and test PCB utilizing typical test equipment (oscilloscopes, meters, electronic loads, passive/active/power probes, T32 debuggers, etc.)
• Drives triage of problems at the system-level to determine root cause. Analyze test results ensuring sufficient design margins have been achieved. Provide feedback to teams to implement changes as required. Support SoC, software and firmware teams during development
• Tracks industry technology trends, interacts with other technology teams. Provides technical expertise for next generation initiatives.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following education background:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of relevant experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$121,400.00 - $182,000.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.