Senior Power Architect for AI/SoC Power & Performance

Ampere Computing LLC; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 293,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ampere Computing LLC is seeking a Distinguished Power Architect to drive power modeling and optimization across CPU, AI accelerators, memory, I/O, and interconnect designs. The role spans architecture, RTL, and silicon, turning workloads and power data into design decisions.

The ideal candidate has strong CMOS fundamentals, extensive power-analysis experience, and is proficient in Python and scripting. The company offers a competitive package and perks.

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor power analysis, modeling, optimization, power management, workload characterization, or silicon validation.
• Strong understanding of CMOS power fundamentals and power-reduction techniques.
• Knowledge of CPU, AI accelerator, memory, I/O, interconnect, and processor workload behavior.
• Experience with RTL and gate-level power-analysis tools; familiarity with Spyglass, Power Artist, Joules, PrimePower is useful.
• Experience with emulation, FPGA, silicon measurement, telemetry, or power/performance correlation is valuable.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Python; Tcl, Perl, C/C++, shell, SQL, or data-analysis tools are helpful.
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; 15 years of related experience; or higher degrees with corresponding years

Responsibilities

• Define power targets, budgets, operating points, and optimization strategies for CPU, AI accelerator, and SoC blocks.
• Develop and maintain architectural, activity-based, RTL, gate-level, emulation, and silicon power models.
• Set up and run RTL- and gate-level power analysis, develop benchmarks and tests, and review results for opportunities at multiple design levels.
• Characterize CPU, memory, PCIe, networking, storage, AI training, and AI inference workloads to identify power and performance bottlenecks.
• Drive power/performance/area/thermal tradeoff studies and power convergence across design & implementation phases.
• Develop automation, data-processing flows, dashboards, and analysis scripts using Python, TCL, Perl, or similar languages.
• Use AI for productivity to accelerate workload characterization, power modeling, anomaly detection, regression analysis, test generation, and power-management decisions.
• Validate AI-generated results against engineering data and design requirements.
• Drive power-management techniques including clock gating, power gating, DVFS, adaptive voltage scaling, retention, low-power modes, and workload-aware management.
• Lead or support post-silicon power and voltage-frequency characterization across domains and blocks.

Skills

Semiconductor power analysis

CMOS power fundamentals

Power modeling

Workload characterization

Python scripting

Data analysis

Power-management firmware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Spyglass

Power Artist

Joules

PrimePower

Job description

Ampere Computing LLC is seeking a Distinguished Power Architect to drive power modeling and optimization across CPU, AI accelerators, memory, I/O, and interconnect designs. The role spans architecture, RTL, and silicon, turning workloads and power data into design decisions.

The ideal candidate has strong CMOS fundamentals, extensive power-analysis experience, and is proficient in Python and scripting. The company offers a competitive package and perks.