RTL Power Engineer /Power Analysis

KTek Resourcing LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KTek Resourcing LLC is seeking a talented individual contributor engineer to own CPU architecture and system level energy modeling, with a focus on power analysis and optimization. You will develop novel techniques and tooling to maximize CPU energy efficiency and battery life.

Collaborate across teams to define workloads and RTL-based micro-architectural insights for high‑level power estimation. The role emphasizes hands-on analysis, profiling, and automation using Python, C/C++, and vendor

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Low-power basics

Data analytics

Profiling

Workflow automation

CPU benchmarking

Performance analysis

Competitive analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS

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