Staff Semiconductor Power Engineer (ICB4)

Job Title

Staff Semiconductor Power Engineer (ICB4)

Role Summary

Lead power strategy and execution for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) projects. Own end-to-end power definition, analysis, and optimization across architecture, RTL, physical design, and software integration.

Work cross-functionally to meet strict power and thermal targets through pre-silicon analysis, methodology development, and silicon validation.

Experience Level

Senior-level (Staff). Role expects extensive industry experience consistent with a staff engineering position; see Education Requirements for specific years-of-experience guidance.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include leading power planning, analysis, and optimization through all design phases and ensuring alignment with system-level constraints.

• Own the full power lifecycle for complex SoCs: architectural power definition, budgeting, and silicon validation.
• Perform dynamic and leakage power analysis at RTL, gate-level, and post-layout using industry EDA tools.
• Develop and maintain power analysis flows, automation scripts, and methodologies to improve accuracy and turnaround.
• Identify power bottlenecks and implement reduction strategies (clock gating, power gating, DVFS, etc.) across micro-architecture, logic, and physical implementation.
• Collaborate with physical design on PDN sign-off and IR/EM analysis and with systems/board teams on thermal and packaging constraints.
• Correlate pre-silicon estimates with silicon validation and work with lab teams to validate power behavior.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for this role.

Must-have:

• Proven experience in power definition, estimation, and optimization for complex SoCs or high-performance IP.
• Hands-on experience with power analysis and sign-off tools (examples: Synopsys Pt-PX / PrimePower, Ansys RedHawk, Cadence Joules, PowerArtist).
• Deep knowledge of low-power design intents and formats (UPF/CPF), CMOS device behavior, and common power reduction techniques.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Tcl, Perl) and ability to leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate methodology development and debugging.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to present power trade-offs to cross-functional teams and leadership.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with advanced process nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm or below).
• Familiarity with thermal modeling, PDN design, and IR/EM mitigation.
• Experience correlating pre-silicon power estimates with post-silicon laboratory measurements.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree with ~8+ years of relevant industry experience, or Master's degree with ~6+ years of relevant industry experience, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.