Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. K2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, and they are seeking a Principal ASIC Package Design Engineer to lead advanced ASIC package architecture and execution. This role involves owning the end-to-end package strategy for high-performance mixed-signal and digital SoCs, ensuring first-pass success for complex, high-speed ASICs.
Responsibilities
- Own ASIC package architecture for FC-BGA and MCM solutions, including substrate stack-up, ball-map strategy, power delivery, signal breakout, and mechanical constraints
- Lead package-level trade studies across cost, performance, power integrity (PI), signal integrity (SI), thermal, manufacturability, and reliability
- Define long-term packaging roadmap aligned with future ASIC nodes, bandwidth scaling, and multi-die integration
- Establish organizational package design standards, methodologies, and best practices
- Drive detailed design of FC-BGA packages for high-pin-count ASICs with high-speed SerDes, dense power grids, and RF signal content
- Define and review substrate stack-ups, via strategies, impedance control, escape routing, and reference plane planning
- Partner with silicon, RF, and systems teams to co-optimize die floorplans and package interfaces
- Own package-level SI/PI strategy, including high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., SerDes, JESD, Interlaken), power delivery network (PDN) design, and decoupling strategy
- Lead thermal architecture at the package level, including lid selection, TIMs, heat-spreaders, and mechanical interfaces to system cooling
- Serve as the primary technical interface to substrate vendors, assembly houses, and OSATs
- Drive material selection, substrate technology choices, and assembly process optimization
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in ASIC package design, with deep expertise in FC-BGA
- Proven experience delivering high-pin-count, high-performance ASIC packages into production
- Strong understanding of substrate technologies and materials, SI/PI fundamentals at the package level, and thermal management for power-dense ASICs
- Fluent in SI/PI and EM simulation tools such as SIWave, HFSS, and ADS
- Experience working directly with OSATs and substrate vendors
- Knowledge of packaging qualification and test methodologies
- Experience with MCM or heterogeneous integration (chiplets, interposers, advanced laminates)
- Background in high-speed digital or mixed-signal SoCs
- Familiarity with aerospace, space, or high-reliability electronics
- Experience defining packaging strategy from early architecture through first silicon and volume ramp
- Demonstrated history of building or scaling package design methodology within an organization
Benefits
- Equity in the company
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/ coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
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