Senior ML Power Architect for Wearable AI Accelerators

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a Senior Power Architect to define and drive the power architecture of ML accelerators for AR/AI wearables. You will partner with ML architects, algorithms, software, and firmware teams to set power targets and trade-offs, delivering optimized PPA across advanced technology nodes.

The role involves leading power modeling, DVFS strategies, and instruction-level power budgeting for production silicon, with opportunities to shape industry-leading low-power designs in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in power architecture, modeling, or analysis for production silicon.
• Experience building IP and SoC use-case power models and defining IP-level power targets with design owners.
• Understanding of low-power design techniques and power trade-offs across architecture, RTL, and physical implementation.
• Experience with power analysis tools (e.g., PrimeTime, PT WX, PowerArtist, Joules).
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python, TCL, or Perl).
• Experience debugging and resolving cross-disciplinary system issues using data-driven methods.
• Bachelor's degree in EE, CE, CS, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own power architecture and modeling for ML accelerator IP, from early concept through tape-out and post-silicon correlation
• Build workload-driven power models (energy per op and per byte moved) to evaluate dataflow, memory hierarchy, precision, and sparsity trade-offs before RTL.
• Define power management strategy (clock and power gating, DVFS, retention, power states) and set IP-level power budgets aligned with system battery and thermal targets
• Drive hardware-software co-design with ML algorithm, compiler, and firmware teams to optimize power across real use cases
• Establish RTL and gate-level power analysis methodology and guide design teams through power optimization
• Lead post-silicon power measurement and correlation, and feed what you learn back into models and future architectures
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across silicon, systems, and platform teams. Take concepts from prototypes through high-volume consumer products

Skills

Power architecture

Power modeling

Power management

HW/SW co-design

RTL power analysis

Power measurement

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS or related field

Tools

PrimeTime

PT WX

PowerArtist

Joules

Job description

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a Senior Power Architect to define and drive the power architecture of ML accelerators for AR/AI wearables. You will partner with ML architects, algorithms, software, and firmware teams to set power targets and trade-offs, delivering optimized PPA across advanced technology nodes.

The role involves leading power modeling, DVFS strategies, and instruction-level power budgeting for production silicon, with opportunities to shape industry-leading low-power designs in a