RTL power engineer

Proxelera PVT LTD; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Proxelera PVT LTD is seeking an individual contributor engineer to own and drive CPU architecture and system level energy modeling for power optimization. You will work on performance benchmarking, power analysis, and workload profiling for efficiency across typical workloads like streaming and social apps.

The role requires a BS in a technical field and 3+ years in hardware or related research. Strong scripting and vendor tool experience are valued, with collaboration across the CPU power team

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.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive activities related to CPU architecture and system level energy modeling, competitive performance and power analysis.
• Develop novel power analysis techniques, optimization engines and tooling to improve battery life analysis and energy efficiency.
• Collaborate with SoC and CPU Power Team on power analysis, projections and requirements for our CPU.
• Perform workload analysis for battery life and tests definition for power analysis and optimization.
• Perform data mining analysis at RTL and gate level to define micro-architectural transactions for high-level power estimation.

Skills

Low-power fundamentals

Data analytics

Profiling

Flow automation

CPU benchmarking

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Python

C

C++

Gemini

PTPX

Ansys Power Artist

Synopsys Prime Power RTL

Job description

• 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