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Substrate IC Package Layout Design Engineer
San Jose · Senior
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About the role
- Intense focus on optimization for power delivery through substrate, pushing what's possible.
Responsibilities
- IC Substrate Layout Design
- Lead the design and development of complex IC substrate layouts for high-power AI processors and accelerators.
- Design large (>50mm) and complex multi-layer substrate packages with high pin counts and dense routing requirements.
- Ensure robust power delivery designs capable of supporting >700W custom silicon solutions.
- Develop high-speed signal routing solutions capable of supporting >50GHz signaling while minimizing signal integrity issues such as loss and crosstalk.
- Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to define signal integrity and power integrity requirements and implement solutions in substrate layout.
- Optimize CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) interposer designs for thermal and electrical performance.
- Work closely with chip design, packaging, and manufacturing teams to ensure design feasibility and manufacturability.
- Design Validation & Verification
- Perform DRC (Design Rule Check) and LVS (Layout vs. Schematic) verification for all substrate designs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
Company info
- We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes.
- We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills.
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