RTL Power Engineer

Programmers.io; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Mountain View, CA / Austin, TX is seeking an engineer to own CPU power analysis, energy modeling, and power optimization efforts.

You will profile workloads, collaborate with SoC teams, and develop tools to improve battery life and energy efficiency.

A BS in EE/CS with 3 years in hardware, plus flow automation experience and vendor tools like PTPX, Ansys Power Artist and Synopsys Prime Power RTL, is required.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 3 years of industry experience or equivalent research.
• Experience with low-power fundamentals, data analytics and profiling.
• Experience in flow automation (Python, C, C++, Gemini).
• Expertise with vendor tools: PTPX, Ansys Power Artist, Synopsys Prime Power RTL.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive CPU power analysis and system energy modeling.
• Develop power optimization techniques and tooling to improve battery life.
• Collaborate with SoC and CPU Power teams on projections and requirements.
• Profile workloads to quantify power for typical apps (YouTube, Facebook).

Skills

Power analysis

Data analytics

Flow automation

Python

C/C++

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

PTPX

Ansys Power Artist

Synopsys Prime Power RTL

Gemini

Job description

Location: Mountain View CA / Austin TX (Hybrid)

Hire Type: Full Time

we need some experience in PTPX /Ansys Power Artist/Synopsys Prime Power RTL/ Prime Power.

• The CPU Power Team wants a talented individual contributor engineer to own and drive several activities related to CPU architecture and system level energy modeling, competitive performance and power analysis, power optimization, simulation and rollups.
• Develop novel power analysis techniques, optimization engines and other tooling solutions to improve the battery life analysis and maximize the energy efficiency of our CPU
• The qualified engineer will collaborate with the SoC and CPU Power Team on power analysis and projections and requirements for our CPU. This charter includes profiling the power of typical workloads such as YouTube, Facebook, etc
• Perform workload analysis for battery life and tests definition for power analysis and optimization
• Perform data mining analysis at the RTL and gate-level to define relevant micro-architectural transactions for high-level power estimation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience in industry (e.g. Hardware, etc.) or equivalent research
• Experience with low-power fundamentals (e.g., dynamic and leakage, power estimation, and optimization), data analytics and profiling
• Experience in flow automation (Python, C, C++, Gemini)
• Expertise in vendor tools such as PTPX, Ansys Power Artist, Synopsys Prime Power RTL

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of experience in RTL design and low-power design techniques
• Familiar with the concept of power management, retention, DVFS
• Experience with data science
• Familiar with CPU benchmarking, performance analysis and competitive study
• Demonstrated knowledge of CPU microarchitecture and system level