Etched
Substrate IC Package Layout Design Engineer (Taiwan)
Taipei. Posted a month ago
The role
You will lead the end-to-end design of complex IC substrate packages for high-power AI processors. You will work with silicon, signal integrity, power integrity, and system teams to co-design substrates with OSAT providers.
What you will do
- Lead the design and development of complex IC substrate layouts for high-power AI processors and accelerators.
- Design large and complex multi-layer substrate packages with high pin counts and dense routing requirements.
- Ensure robust power delivery designs capable of supporting >700W custom silicon solutions.
- Develop high-speed signal routing solutions capable of supporting >50GHz signaling.
- Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to define signal integrity and power integrity requirements.
- Optimize CoWoS interposer designs for thermal and electrical performance.
- Work with chip design, packaging, and manufacturing teams to ensure design feasibility and manufacturability.
- Perform DRC and LVS verification for all substrate designs.
- Develop and maintain design documentation and guidelines.
- Support design reviews and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in IC substrate layout design for high-performance processors or accelerators.
- Extensive experience with large substrate packages (>50mm) and complex high-density layouts.
- Proven experience with high-power (700W+) package designs and robust power delivery networks.
- Expertise in high-speed signaling design (>50GHz) and mitigating signal integrity challenges.
- Strong experience with CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) interposer design.
- Advanced proficiency in Allegro Package Designer.
- Deep understanding of SI/PI principles.
- Strong analytical skills.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- Generous equity packages
- Comprehensive insurance coverage
- Other top-of-market benefits
About the company
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence by co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The company is a fully in-person team in San Jose and Taipei.