RTL Power Engineer (NEED USC OR GC & 1099 or W2 only)

Scubyt Inc; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Scubyt Inc. is seeking an RTL Power Engineer in Mountain View/Austin to own CPU energy modeling, power analysis, and optimization efforts. You will collaborate with CPU and SoC Power teams to enhance battery-life analysis and CPU energy efficiency in real-world workloads.

The role requires 3+ years of hardware, power, RTL experience and a strong foundation in low-power design. This is a full-time position with on-site work in Mountain View, CA or Austin, TX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, CS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience in hardware, power, RTL, or related engineering.
• Strong understanding of low-power fundamentals and CPU power modeling.

Responsibilities

• Drive CPU architecture and system-level energy modeling activities.
• Perform competitive performance and power analysis and develop power optimization strategies.
• Develop novel power-analysis techniques, optimization engines, and tooling solutions.
• Analyze CPU power consumption across representative workloads such as YouTube, Facebook, and other real-world applications.
• Collaborate with CPU and SoC Power teams on power analysis, projections, and CPU power requirements.
• Perform workload analysis for battery-life studies and define tests for power analysis and optimization.
• Perform RTL- and gate-level data-mining analysis to identify relevant microarchitectural transactions for high-level power estimation.
• Develop and automate power-analysis and profiling flows using Python, C, C++, and related tools.
• Support CPU benchmarking, performance analysis, and competitive studies.
• Analyze power and performance data and communicate findings to cross-functional engineering teams.

Skills

RTL

Power Analysis

Python

C

C++

DVFS

Data Analytics

Workload Profiling

CPU Microarchitecture

Power Optimization

Gemini

PTPX

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Ansys PowerArtist

PrimePower RTL

PrimePower

Gemini

Job description

Location: Mountain View, CA / Austin, TX

Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract

Experience: 3-10+ years

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• The CPU Power Team is seeking a talented RTL Power Engineer to own and drive activities related to CPU architecture and system-level energy modeling, competitive performance and power analysis, power optimization, simulation, and power rollups.
• The engineer will collaborate closely with CPU and SoC Power teams to develop innovative power-analysis methodologies, optimization solutions, and tooling that improve battery-life analysis and maximize CPU energy efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive CPU architecture and system-level energy modeling activities.
• Perform competitive performance and power analysis and develop power optimization strategies.
• Develop novel power-analysis techniques, optimization engines, and tooling solutions.
• Analyze CPU power consumption across representative workloads such as YouTube, Facebook, and other real-world applications.
• Collaborate with CPU and SoC Power teams on power analysis, projections, and CPU power requirements.
• Perform workload analysis for battery-life studies and define tests for power analysis and optimization.
• Perform RTL- and gate-level data-mining analysis to identify relevant microarchitectural transactions for high-level power estimation.
• Develop and automate power-analysis and profiling flows using Python, C, C++, and related tools.
• Support CPU benchmarking, performance analysis, and competitive studies.
• Analyze power and performance data and communicate findings to cross-functional engineering teams.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience in hardware, power, RTL, or related engineering disciplines, or equivalent research experience.

STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF LOW-POWER FUNDAMENTALS, INCLUDING:

• Dynamic and leakage power
• Experience with data analytics and workload profiling.
• Experience with flow automation using Python, C, C++, or Gemini.
• Hands-on experience with vendor power-analysis tools, particularly:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of experience in RTL design and low-power design techniques.

FAMILIARITY WITH POWER-MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS SUCH AS:

• Experience with data science and data analytics.
• Experience with CPU benchmarking and performance analysis.
• Experience conducting competitive CPU performance and power studies.
• Strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and system-level behavior.

KEY SKILLS:

RTL | Power Analysis | PTPX | Ansys PowerArtist | PrimePower RTL | PrimePower | Low Power Design | Python | C | C++ | CPU Microarchitecture | Power Optimization | DVFS | Data Analytics | Workload Profiling