CPU Power Engineer

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a CPU Power Engineer to drive power budgeting and recovery opportunities across micro-architecture, RTL, and physical design in high-performance designs.

Join a team delivering groundbreaking Apple hardware products and helping optimize power across the design lifecycle.

Qualifications

• BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with power analysis tools is preferred.
• Knowledge of power implications for high-performance/high-frequency designs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and estimate the power impact of implementing new micro-architectural features.
• Generate power rollups and projected estimates from initial to mature net lists through the lifecycle of a project.
• Analyze power contributions to generate opportunities for recovery in physical implementation as well as RTL.
• Create power projections factoring in expected cost of convergence and implementation and refine the process.

Skills

Perl/Python/TCL

CPU architecture

Micro-architecture

Physical implementation

Auto place & route

STA

Spice

Logic design

Device physics

Education

BS degree

Tools

PrimePower

PowerArtist

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products! The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver groundbreaking Apple products! We are looking for a strong candidate to join our CPU team focusing on power budgeting, analysis, and identification of recovery opportunities at the cross-section of micro-architecture, RTL, physical design, and technology in high performance designs.

Description

As a CPU Power Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Analyze and estimate the power impact of implementing new micro-architectural features
• Generate power rollups and projected estimates from initial to mature net lists through the lifecycle of a project
• Analyze power contributions to generate opportunities for recovery in physical implementation as well as RTL
• Create power projections factoring in expected cost of convergence and implementation and refine the process

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Perl/Python and TCL scripting experience from industry usage
• Experience with CPU architecture and implementation
• The ideal candidate should have broad knowledge related to micro-architecture, physical implementation, auto place and route tools, STA, spice, logic design, and device physics
• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications for high performance and high frequency designs
• CMOS circuit design and analysis skills
• Experience with industry standard power analysis tools like PrimePower and PowerArtist

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