Power Integrity Engineer

Job overview

The Power Integrity Engineer role is onsite in San Jose, CA; compensation is not specified. Etched is building hardware for frontier AI inference, including chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The engineer owns power-integrity methodology for high-power PCB and system designs, ensuring robust power delivery to high-performance ASICs and supporting components. The role spans architecture, simulation, design collaboration, hardware bring-up, debugging, and model validation through product release.

What you'll do

• Perform pre- and post-layout power-distribution-network analysis
• optimize decoupling and analyze plane resonance
• run DC IR-drop, current-density, and AC impedance analyses
• develop and validate VRM models
• conduct thermal-electrical co-simulation
• drive power-integrity design checks
• collaborate with power, PCB, ASIC, and package teams
• support bring-up and rail-level debugging
• and maintain simulation-to-hardware correlation databases.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

power integrity engineer

electrical engineering

power delivery

pcb design

asic

power distribution network

vrm

ir-drop analysis

san jose ca

etched

ai inference hardware

cadence sigrity

ansys siwave

medical dental vision

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 monthly credit for waiving medical benefits
• $2,500 monthly housing subsidy for those living within walking distance
• relocation support
• wellness benefits
• daily lunch and dinner
• and compute budget subject to ROI justification.

Why this role

The posting describes a fully in-person engineering team in San Jose and emphasizes power-integrity work for high-current ASIC and system designs.

About the employer

Etched is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.