Principal Power Architect: AI/CPU Power & Performance

Ampere

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 182,000 - 273,000

Full time

15 hours ago

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10+ paid holidays

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401K retirement plan

Job summary

Ampere is seeking a Principal Power Architect to drive power modeling, analysis, optimization, and validation across CPU, AI accelerator, memory, I/O, and interconnect designs. The role touches architecture, RTL, firmware, and silicon, requiring strong CMOS fundamentals and experience turning workload data into design decisions.

The candidate will lead pre- and post-silicon power activities, develop automation and data pipelines, and collaborate across teams to optimize power, performance, and

Qualifications

Experience in semiconductor power analysis, modeling, or silicon validation.
Strong CMOS power fundamentals and power-reduction techniques.
Knowledge of CPU, AI accelerator, memory, I/O, interconnect workloads.

Responsibilities

Define power targets, budgets, operating points and optimization strategies.
Develop and maintain power models across RTL and silicon.
Characterize workloads to identify power and performance bottlenecks.

Skills

Power analysis

CMOS fundamentals

Workload characterization

RTL power analysis

Python scripting

C/C++

AI workloads

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years experience

Master's degree + 6 years experience

PhD + 3 years experience

Tools

Spyglass

Power Artist

Joules

PrimePower

Job description

The candidate will lead pre- and post-silicon power activities, develop automation and data pipelines, and collaborate across teams to optimize power, performance, and

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