Power Delivery Network Design Engineer

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Define the metal-stack allocation for power and ground grids.
• Optimise power grid density against routing resources and IR drop.
• Plan power switch placement and sequencing for gated domains.
• Size and place on-die decoupling capacitors.
• Simulate PDN impedance with package and board models.
• Work with architecture on current profiles and worst-case workloads.
• Correlate PDN results with silicon droop measurements.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

• Maintain the policies, processes and tools of the function.General
• Keep the function compliant with legal, financial and regulatory requirements.General
• Report the function's performance and improve it over time.General

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Power grid specification
   • Decap plan
   • PDN impedance report
   • Power-gate placement plan
2. Support programsGeneral
   • Agree what each program needs
   • Deliver in time for milestones
3. Manage issuesGeneral
   • Track requests to closure
   • Escalate risks

Function

1. Run the functionGeneral
   • Maintain policies and processes
   • Keep records and controls
2. ImproveGeneral
   • Report performance
   • Lead improvement work