Tech Lead Physical Design Engineer, Power Integrity

Location: Fully on-site in San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $160,000–$200,000 per year, depending on experience, level, and business need. Discretionary bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available.

Company

hirify.global provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through connectivity solutions based on CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, and UALink technologies, supported by the COSMOS software suite.

What you will do

• Own static and dynamic IR drop and electromigration analysis at block and full-chip levels through foundry sign-off.
• Drive UPF-based power-domain planning and power-aware sign-off for multi-voltage designs.
• Analyze thermal and current-density issues and recommend reliability improvements.
• Partner with package, power-grid, floorplan, implementation, RTL, STA, verification, IP vendor, and foundry teams to resolve voltage-drop hotspots and EM violations.
• Provide guidance on power-grid reinforcement, decap strategy, and hard-macro or SerDes integration.
• Develop EMIR runsets, stimulus methodologies, reporting dashboards, and automation infrastructure for efficient multi-corner analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in IR drop, electromigration analysis, and power-integrity sign-off for complex SoCs at 7nm and below.
• Deep expertise in power-grid design, PDN analysis, EM reliability mitigation, static and dynamic IR methodologies, and foundry sign-off criteria.
• Proficiency with Cadence Voltus and/or Synopsys RedHawk-SC or PrimeTime PX.
• Strong scripting ability in Tcl, Python, and/or Perl for flow automation and data analysis.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Power-integrity experience with high-speed SerDes, Ethernet PHY, or PCIe designs.
• Package-level power-delivery analysis or co-simulation, including advanced packaging or multi-die integration.
• Experience building EMIR methodology infrastructure across concurrent tapeout programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available.
• Applications are encouraged from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.