Staff/Sr Staff Power Delivery Network (PDN) Engineer – MCU Digital Design (Automotive)

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world leading MCUs, SoCs, Analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world's leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Power Delivery Network (PDN) Engineer to join our Automotive MCU Digital Design team. The candidate will be responsible for designing, analyzing, and optimizing on-chip and package-level power delivery networks for next-generation automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) and SoCs. The role involves close collaboration with digital design, physical design, package, signal integrity, and reliability teams to ensure robust power integrity and low-noise operation under stringent automotive reliability standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and optimize chip-level and package-level Power Delivery Networks (PDN) for automotive MCU/SoC products.
• Perform IR drop, electromigration (EM), and dynamic voltage drop analysis across multiple power domains.
• Collaborate with RTL, physical design, floorplanning, clock, and package teams for power-aware implementation.
• Develop power grid architectures for high-performance and low-power automotive applications.
• Analyse power integrity issues including:
  • Static and dynamic IR drop
  • Power noise
  • Simultaneous switching noise (SSN)
  • Decoupling capacitor optimization
• Work with EDA tools for PDN signoff and validation.
• Define power planning strategies including:
  • Power straps
  • Mesh structures
  • Via optimization
  • Multi-voltage domain implementation
• Support low-power methodologies such as UPF implementation.
• Ensure compliance with automotive quality and reliability standards.
• Participate in silicon bring-up, failure analysis, and debugging related to power integrity issues.
• Create automation scripts and flows for PDN analysis and optimization.
  
  

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or related field.
• 8-10 years of experience in PDN/Power Integrity/Physical Design for semiconductor products.
  
  

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industry's leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, To Make Our Lives Easier.

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• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers evolving needs and help make people's lives easier, safe and secure.

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

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