ASIC Power Engineer

Apple; San Diego (CA); Presencial; USD 120 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Apple in San Diego is seeking a power-oriented IC design engineer to join the wireless silicon development team. You will help define power-efficient SOC architecture, perform pre-silicon power estimates and develop accurate power models.

This role emphasizes low-power design and collaboration across teams to deliver efficient wireless products. Join us to impact millions of customers with energy-saving innovations.

Qualificações

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with ASIC power/low-power design.
• Familiarity with UPF and power integrity concepts.
• Proficiency in scripting (Shell or Python).
• Knowledge of SOC components (CPU, interconnect).

Responsabilidades

• Define power efficient SOC architecture and write power specs.
• Estimate pre-silicon power across designs.
• Build power models with high accuracy for wireless SoCs.
• Generate power vectors with design and DV support.
• Collect pre-silicon power data using power flow tools.
• Analyze and identify opportunities for power reduction.
• Support post-silicon power correlation.

Conhecimentos

Power modeling

Power estimation

ASIC power

Shell/Python scripting

Power tools

Pre-silicon knowledge

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Ferramentas

PTPX

Power Artist

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Summary

Would you like to join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team? Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy efficient / low power design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering teams. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of low power architecture, power modeling and correlation efforts with a critical impact on getting functional products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly. Will you join us and do the work of your life here?

Description

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of low-power architecture, power modeling and correlation efforts with a critical impact on getting functional products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly. In this role, you are going to work on power modeling, analysis and silicon validation tasks for wireless communication SoCWill you join us and do the best work of your life here?

Key Responsibilities

• Define power efficient SOC architecture and schemes, write power spec.
• Estimate pre-silicon power.
• Build wireless application and atomic power model with high accuracy.
• Define and generate power vectors with Design and DV support.
• Collect pre-silicon power data using power flow and tools.
• Analyze and identify power reductions.
• Support post-silicon power correlation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree.
• ASIC power knowledge.
• Experience with Power tools, e.g. PTPX and Power Artist.
• Understand ASIC logic design.
• Knowledge of low power design and UPF.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Shell, Perl or Python).
• Basic knowledge on common SOC components, e.g. CPU, fabric, peripherals and PCIe.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pre-silicon power estimation.
• Pre-silicon Power modeling.
• Wireless knowledge, including WIFI, BT and UWB.
• System architecture experience.
• Post-silicon power correlation experience.