Advanced Packaging Si/Pi Engineer
etched
OnSite
San Jose
Cloud Solutions
Graphic Designer
Advertising
Job Score
100 pts
On-site model (+70)
Cloud Solutions (+10)
Graphic Designer (+10)
Advertising (+10)
About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
As a Signal & Power Integrity Engineer you will be responsible for the electrical performance of our AI accelerator platform across silicon, package, and board. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with high-power package and board designs, robust power delivery networks, and high-speed signaling solutions in advanced packaging. You will work closely with silicon, package, platform, and system teams to co-design world-class platforms with OSAT and ODM partners. Intense focus on pushing what is possible in power delivery and high-speed signaling for our silicon.
Key Responsibilities
SI/PI analysis of designs and optimization within 2D/2.5D/3D packages
Close interaction with Package Layout Designers, ASIC PD and IP teams as well as Board Schematic/Layout/SI/PI teams to optimize the best electrical performance
Drive SI requirements into interposer/substrate layout (high-speed routing: 112G/224G) from preliminary design through tape-out.
Drive PDN design and decoupling strategy across substrate and interposer, owning DC IR drop, dynamic IR drop, and impedance targets across all rails.
Own ball map / C4 / BGA pin assignment from soft freeze through final freeze in partnership with package layout, ASIC PD, and board layout teams.
Support board-level SI/PI and rack-level scale-up topology studies, including rack test vehicle design and cable characterization.
Participating in cross-functional meetings and design reviews.
You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with a strong understanding of signal integrity and power integrity concepts and fundamentals.
8+ years of SI/PI experience on high-performance ASIC, processor, or accelerator platforms.
Proven experience defining and closing PDN for high-power silicon, including substrate and PCB plane design, decap strategy, and dynamic IR/EM analysis.
Experience with developing systems with high-speed interfaces like HBM, SerDes and D2D interfaces.
Hands-on expertise with one or more of: ANSYS HFSS / SIwave, Cadence Sigrity (PowerSI / PowerDC), Keysight ADS.
Experience with CoWoS or equivalent advanced packaging materials and technologies including interposer SI/PI implications, C4 bump planning, and substrate stack-up trade-offs.
Track record of designing and correlating SI/PI test vehicles against silicon measurement during bring-up and lab characterization.
Strong analytical and communication skills, comfortable presenting risk, sign-off status, and trade-offs to cross-functional leadership.
Deeply creative and able to think from first principles.
Strong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)
Familiarity with full RTL-to-GDSII context and how PD decisions interact with package and board PDN.
Experience with multi-die, 2.5D, or 3D packaging signoff, including chip-package-system (CPS) co-design.
Project management experience coordinating across internal teams, OSAT partners, and PCB ODMs.
Familiarity with modern ML and LLM model architectures, accelerator architectures, or HPC system design.
Startup experience or comfort working in fast-paced environments.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
How we’re different
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
What did you think of this job?
Loading comments...
About Cloud Solutions
The Cloud Solutions area is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure and services (AWS, Azure, GCP) for companies. Cloud professionals architect scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions, from data center migrations to serverless and multi-cloud architectures.
Key skills include IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless (Lambda, Cloud Functions), managed databases (RDS, DynamoDB, BigQuery), cloud networking (VPC, CDN, load balancer), and security (IAM, WAF, KMS). Knowledge of FinOps, cloud governance, and AWS/Azure/GCP certifications is a differentiator.
Cloud Solutions professionals in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who master multi-cloud architectures, FinOps, and can optimize costs while maintaining performance and security. The field offers opportunities from cloud engineer to cloud solutions architect, head of cloud, and chief cloud architect.
About Graphic Designer
The Graphic Designer is the professional responsible for creating visual pieces for print and digital communication, from visual identity and logos to marketing materials and packaging. They combine creativity with technique to convey messages visually and impactfully.
Key skills include Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, CorelDRAW, visual identity design, typography, color theory, packaging design, and motion graphics. Knowledge of vector illustration, offset/digital printing, and print production is a differentiator.
Graphic Designers in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who master social media design, infographics, and can create materials that strengthen brand visual identity. The field offers opportunities from junior graphic designer to art director and design director.
About Advertising
The Advertising area is aimed at the planning, creation, and delivery of communication campaigns to promote brands, products, ideas, or services. Professionals in the sector work in advertising agencies or in-house marketing departments in creative fields (art direction, copywriting), strategic planning, account management, and media buying.
Discover Other Areas
Understand the scope of work, key skills, and tools used in different career areas.
About Automation Engineer
The Automation Engineer is the professional responsible for designing, developing, and implementing solutions that automate manual and repetitive processes in IT, infrastructure, testing, and operations. They combine programming knowledge with DevOps and SRE vision to eliminate manual tasks and increase operational efficiency.
Key skills include Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), test automation (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright), network automation (Netconf, SDN), RPA (UiPath, Power Automate), and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell). Knowledge of Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), and automation platforms is a differentiator.
Automation Engineers in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who can create automated deployment pipelines, self-healing infrastructure, and internal developer platforms (IDP). The field offers opportunities from junior automation engineer to automation architect and head of automation.
About IT Governance
IT Governance is the area responsible for ensuring that information technology resources are used strategically, efficiently, and in compliance with standards and regulations. IT governance professionals ensure that technology supports business objectives in a secure and reliable manner.
Key skills include IT service management (ITIL), IT audit and compliance, risk management, business continuity, disaster recovery, metrics and indicators (SLAs, KPIs), and strategic alignment between IT and business. Frameworks like COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001, and compliance standards are essential.
IT Governance professionals in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who master ITSM, IT audit, and risk management. The field offers opportunities from governance analyst to CIO/CTO, with a focus on efficiency, compliance, security, and business value.
About UI Design
The User Interface (UI) Design area focuses on creating and designing all the visual elements that users interact with in a digital product. This includes screens, buttons, icons, typography, color palettes, and responsive layouts, ensuring an aesthetically pleasing, consistent, and easy-to-use interface. Skills in tools like Figma and knowledge of design systems are essential.
About Customer Service
The Customer Service / Client Relations area is essential for ensuring customer satisfaction, retention, and a good relationship. Professionals in this field are the primary interface for communication, handling inquiries, requests, feedback, and ensuring a high-quality day-to-day experience. Skills in communication, problem-solving, empathy, and patience are indispensable.
About UX Design
The User Experience (UX) Design area focuses on optimizing the overall user experience when interacting with a product or service. UX professionals conduct user research (UX Research), map journeys, create wireframes, perform usability tests, and define navigation flows to ensure the product is intuitive, useful, and meets users' real needs.
Comments 0