DriveNets
Senior Power Integrity Engineer
About this role
Description Senior Power Integrity Engineer About DriveNets DriveNets is a leader in high-scale networking software for AI infrastructure and service providers. The company pioneered a disaggregated networking architecture that transforms the economics of large-scale networks while maximizing performance, utilization, and operational efficiency. DriveNets-powered networks are deployed by global leaders, including AT&T and Comcast, supporting more than 30% of total U.S. internet traffic. DriveNets AI Fabric delivers full-stack networking for AI infrastructures, providing the highest-performance, Ethernet-based alternative to InfiniBand. The solution is deployed by hyperscalers, NeoClouds, and enterprises worldwide. With over $1B raised, DriveNets continues to push the boundaries of modern networking infrastructure. The Role DriveNets is seeking a highly motivated Power Integrity Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining, analyzing, simulating, and validating power delivery networks (PDNs) for next-generation networking platforms supporting high-performance ASICs, advanced SerDes interfaces, optical modules, and AI-scale networking systems. You will work closely with hardware architects, PCB designers, ASIC teams, signal integrity engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing partners to ensure robust power delivery, optimal system performance, and successful product deployment.
Responsibilities
- Lead Power Integrity (PI) activities throughout the hardware development lifecycle, from architecture through production.
- Define and optimize board-level and package-level Power Delivery Networks (PDNs) for high-current networking ASICs and supporting devices.
- Perform pre-layout and post-layout PI simulations using industry-standard tools.
- Establish target impedance requirements and validate compliance across all power rails.
- Analyze DC voltage drop, AC impedance, transient response, and power distribution performance.
- Collaborate with PCB layout engineers to optimize stackups, plane structures, decoupling strategies, and power routing.
- Work closely with Signal Integrity engineers to ensure SI/PI co-optimization of high-speed interfaces.
- Develop power integrity design guidelines and best practices for next-generation networking products.
- Support schematic reviews, layout reviews, and design sign-off activities.
- Perform laboratory measurements and correlation using oscilloscopes, VNAs, power analyzers, current probes, and related equipment.
- Investigate and resolve PI-related issues during board bring-up, validation, and production.
- Collaborate with ASIC, FPGA, memory, optics, and power component vendors to optimize overall system performance.
- Drive continuous improvement of PI methodologies, simulation flows, and validation processes. Why Join DriveNets
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with high-performance networking ASICs and switch silicon.
- Familiarity with 112G/224G/448G PAM4 SerDes technologies.
- Experience with Ethernet systems ranging from 400G to 1.6T and above.
- Understanding of package-level PI and advanced packaging technologies.
- Familiarity with optical networking platforms and co-packaged optics.
- Experience with thermal and mechanical effects on PDN performance.
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC considerations in high-density networking systems.
- Experience working with ODMs, CMs, and global manufacturing partners. Success Metrics
- Achieve PI sign-off requirements for all networking platforms.
- Minimize power-related issues during bring-up and production.
- Improve first-pass hardware success rate.
- Enable reliable operation of next-generation high-bandwidth networking systems.
- Establish scalable PI methodologies for future DriveNets hardware platforms. More About DriveNets Based in Israel with locations in Romania, US, India and Japan as well as extended teams, DriveNets operations cover more than twelve countries. With recognition by industry analysts and through partnerships with market leaders such as AMD, Broadcom, Dell and others, DriveNets is pushing market momentum, delivering the scale and efficiency that modern AI workloads demand. Visit our website: