DPU Power Architect, Infrastructure Silicon

Meta Careers; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 178,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks an experienced Power Architect to drive power modeling and optimization for DPUs in data center silicon. You will influence architecture from early pathfinding to RTL/gate-level analyses, aligning power, performance, and thermal targets with real workloads.

Responsibilities include building system-level power models, exploring DVFS and power gating, and correlating pre-silicon projections with post-silicon data. The role emphasizes collaboration across hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in workload analysis and power-relevant behavior modeling.
• Ability to develop system-level power models from estimates to RTL/gate-level analysis.
• Familiarity with post-silicon power measurement and correlation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Drive power modeling and architectural power optimization for DPUs.
• Analyze real-world DPU workloads to identify power bottlenecks.
• Define DVFS, power gating, clock gating, and workload-aware policies.
• Correlate pre-silicon projections with post-silicon measurements.

Skills

Power modeling

workload analysis

System-level models

Python

C/C++

SystemC

DVFS

Clock gating

Power optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

PhD (preferred)

Tools

Synopsys PrimePower

Cadence Joules

Ansys PowerArtist

FSDB/SAIF

Job description

Meta's Infrastructure Silicon organization designs custom silicon that powers our data center infrastructure — SmartNICs/IPUs/DPUs, AI accelerators, and networking ASICs.We are seeking an experienced Power Architect to drive power modeling, analysis, and architectural power optimization of our Data Processing Unit (DPU) designs. In this role you will influence architecture and microarchitecture decisions from early path-finding through RTL/gate-level power analysis and silicon correlation, ensuring our DPUs deliver leading performance-per-watt on real data center workloads.DPU Power Architect, Infrastructure Silicon Responsibilities:Analyze and characterize real-world DPU software use cases (network virtualization, storage offload, crypto/compression, packet processing) to identify hardware power bottlenecks and power-relevant behaviorsBuild and maintain workload-driven, system-level power models and power rollups for current and future SmartNIC/IPU/DPU architectures, tracking accuracy from early analytical estimates through RTL and gate-level power analysisQuantify architectural and micro-architectural trade-offs with respect to PPA, with emphasis on energy-per-transaction, power-per-bit moved, and performance-per-watt, to inform and guide design decisionsDefine and drive structural power-saving architecture features, including DVFS, AVS, power gating, clock gating, activity throttling, power state management, and workload-aware power policiesAnalyze SoC pipelines and data movement paths (host-to-DPU, memory/fabric/network traffic) to understand and optimize the power-versus-performance trade-offOwn power budgets and provide power-delivery and thermal inputs in partnership with design, physical design, firmware, platform, and software teamsCorrelate pre-silicon power projections with post-silicon measurements and drive methodology improvements based on findingsMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experienceExperience in workload analysis and characterization, and abstracting power-relevant behaviors into models for architectural analysisExperience building system-level power models and power rollups, and tracking them from early estimates through RTL/gate-level powerExperience defining or evaluating architectural power-saving features such as DVFS, power gating, and clock gatingUnderstanding of SoC pipelines and how data movement impacts power versus performanceProficiency in programming languages for model development and automation (e.g., Python, C/C++, SystemC)Experience driving analysis independently and influencing architectural direction through dataPreferred Qualifications:PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering15+ years of relevant industry experience in power architecture and power modeling for high-performance SoCsExperience with power management firmware/software co-design, on-die power telemetry, and closed-loop power/thermal controlExperience with simulation/emulation environments used in ASIC development flows, including emulation-based activity capture (FSDB/SAIF) for long-window power analysisExperience with low-power implementation flows, including multi-voltage/UPF power intent, retention and isolation strategiesExperience building or scaling power modeling and power regression infrastructure for hyperscale data center ASICs (network, storage, or AI accelerator designs)Familiarity with post-silicon power measurement, telemetry, and model-to-hardware correlation methodologiesExperience with industry-standard power estimation and sign-off tools (e.g., Synopsys PrimePower/PTPX, Cadence Joules, Ansys PowerArtist) for power analysis and optimizationFamiliarity with power delivery network, voltage droop/di-dt analysis, and rack/platform-level power and thermal constraintsAbout Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. 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If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].$178,000/year to $250,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.