Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our customers change the world.
We are seeking a Signal or Power Integrity Engineer to join our hardware team and contribute to SI/PI analysis and optimization of advanced packaging solutions for next-generation machine learning and data center ASICs.
In this role, you will support the package-level signal or power integrity effort — performing detailed simulations, building models, and contributing to design decisions across IC, package, and board boundaries. You'll work closely with senior engineers to help ensure our advanced packaging technologies meet performance, power delivery, and manufacturing targets.
Key job responsibilities
- Perform package-level SI or PI simulations for 2.5D, 3D-IC, fan-out, and silicon interposer/bridge architectures under guidance from senior engineers.
- Support package stack-up design: assist with dielectric material evaluation, impedance control analysis, layer assignment, and RDL routing studies.
- Run high-speed channel simulations (S-parameter extraction, time-domain analysis, eye diagrams) for die-to-die and die-to-board interfaces, or analyze package PDN performance (decoupling effectiveness, plane resonance, IR drop, AC impedance).
- Model advanced interconnects: microbumps, C4 bumps, TSVs, microvias, PTH vias, and RDL traces for signal or power paths.
- Build and validate models for decoupling technologies such as on-die capacitance, deep trench capacitors (DTCs), or IPD capacitors as needed.
- Coordinate with SoC die-level teams and board design teams to gather requirements and support co-optimization of package architecture.
- Flag potential package manufacturing risks - warpage, via reliability, impedance variation - and propose mitigation approaches.
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Basic Qualifications
- BS degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in signal integrity, power integrity, or package design
- Solid understanding of either SI (S-parameter extraction, crosstalk, return loss, channel analysis) or PI (PDN impedance analysis, IR drop, decoupling strategy), with working awareness of the other
- Experience with EM simulation and SI/PI tools such as HFSS, Cadence Sigrity (PowerSI, PowerDC, Clarity), ADS, or equivalent
- Understanding of advanced packaging technologies: 2.5D/3D-IC, silicon interposers, fan-out wafer-level packaging, RDL, TSVs, and microbump interconnects
- Familiarity with stack-up design and impedance control for multi-layer organic substrates or silicon interposers.
- Good communication skills with the ability to participate in technical discussions across silicon, package, and board teams
Preferred Qualifications
- MS with 3+ years in signal integrity, power integrity, or package design
- Exposure to high-speed serial protocols (PCIe, UCIe, or custom SerDes) at the package level
- Experience correlating SI/PI simulations with lab measurements (TDR, VNA, oscilloscope)
- Familiarity with equalization techniques (DFE, CTLE, FFE) or PDN target impedance methodology
- Interest or experience in package co-design methodologies (chip-package-board co-simulation)
- Familiarity with high-density fan-out or silicon bridge packaging (e.g., EMIB, CoWoS, or similar)
- Exposure to package-level thermal-aware analysis, electromigration, or EMC/EMI considerations
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