Signal and Power Integrity Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +1

NVIDIA is seeking a Signal & Power Integrity Engineer to work on crafting creative Signal Integrity solutions to complex system design problems. Responsibilities include modeling and optimization of vias, connectors, sockets, breakouts and various system components in 3D EM tools, system-level signal integrity simulations of high-speed interfaces, and improving SI models using lab measurements. The role also involves substrate and board layout SI guidelines creation, review, and post-layout SI extractions, as well as simulation automation, data gathering, analysis, and visualization. The engineer will also have the opportunity to optimize package, PCB, ASIC, and mixed-signal circuits in a cross-functional role.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work on crafting creative Signal Integrity solutions to complex system design problems.
  2. Modeling and Optimization of vias, connectors, sockets, breakouts and various system components in 3D EM tools.
  3. System-level signal integrity simulations of high-speed NVlink 200Gbs+, USB-4, PCIe5, GDDR6, LP5X and other interfaces.
  4. Constant improvements of SI models using data from lab measurements and/or modelling tool/methodology updates.
  5. Substrate and board layout SI guidelines creation, review and post layout SI extractions.
  6. Simulation automation, data gathering, analysis and visualization using JMP, MATLAB or similar tools.
  7. Opportunity to work in a dynamic cross-functional role to optimize package, PCB, ASIC, mixed signal circuit.

Skills

Required

  • MS and/or PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience) with minimum 2 years of work experience
  • Strong technical background in applied electromagnetics, waveguides, transmission line theory and signal processing
  • Familiarity with signal and power integrity concepts, design and analysis
  • Exposure to channel SI time domain simulations
  • Hands on use of 3-D modeling tools like ANSYS HFSS/Q3D, 2.5-D with ANSYS SIWAVE or similar and 2D such as Ansys2D
  • Familiarity with use of VNA, TDR, DSO, ParBERT and use of tools/applications like ADS, Ansys Designer, JMP, Matlab, Cadence Allegro
  • Scripting skills for data post-processing, tool development and/or process automation

Nice to have

  • Exposure to board/pkg technology & design
  • Understanding of circuit equalization techniques
  • Exposure to PDN evaluation using layout extraction tools for packages and PCBs and spice-based time domain simulations
  • Knowledge of programming language(s), especially Python